diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/common.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/common.nix
index 5b77551640e..6e3c0ee65e7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/common.nix
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ let
     # "ffmpeg" # https://crbug.com/731766
     # "harfbuzz-ng" # in versions over 63 harfbuzz and freetype are being built together
                     # so we can't build with one from system and other from source
-  ] ++ optional (upstream-info.channel != "dev") "yasm";
+  ] ++ optional (versionRange "0" "84") "yasm";
 
   opusWithCustomModes = libopus.override {
     withCustomModes = true;
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ let
     ffmpeg libxslt libxml2
     # harfbuzz # in versions over 63 harfbuzz and freetype are being built together
                # so we can't build with one from system and other from source
-  ] ++ (if upstream-info.channel == "dev" then [ nasm ] else [ yasm ]);
+  ] ++ (if (versionRange "0" "84") then [ yasm ] else [ nasm ]);
 
   # build paths and release info
   packageName = extraAttrs.packageName or extraAttrs.name;
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ let
       ln -s ${llvmPackages.llvm}/bin/llvm-ar    third_party/llvm-build/Release+Asserts/bin/llvm-ar
     '';
 
-    gnFlags = mkGnFlags (optionalAttrs (upstream-info.channel != "dev") {
+    gnFlags = mkGnFlags (optionalAttrs (versionRange "0" "84") {
       linux_use_bundled_binutils = false;
     } // {
       use_lld = false;