diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtwebengine.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtwebengine.nix
index 032fd1c4fb3..571c17dc4cf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtwebengine.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtwebengine.nix
@@ -140,9 +140,8 @@ qtModule {
     fi
   '';
 
-  qmakeFlags = if stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch32 || stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64
-    then [ "--" "-system-ffmpeg" ] ++ optional enableProprietaryCodecs "-proprietary-codecs"
-    else optional enableProprietaryCodecs "-- -proprietary-codecs";
+  qmakeFlags = [ "--" "-system-ffmpeg" ]
+    ++ optional enableProprietaryCodecs "-proprietary-codecs";
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     # Image formats
@@ -158,7 +157,6 @@ qtModule {
     harfbuzz icu
 
     libevent
-  ] ++ optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch32 || stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64) [
     ffmpeg
   ] ++ optionals (!stdenv.isDarwin) [
     dbus zlib minizip snappy nss protobuf jsoncpp