diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
index 122ded4d302..c62278729a7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, perl, texinfo, yasm
 , alsaLib, bzip2, fontconfig, freetype, gnutls, libiconv, lame, libass, libogg
 , libtheora, libva, libvorbis, libvpx, lzma, libpulseaudio, soxr
-, x264, xvidcore, zlib, libopus, SDL
+, x264, xvidcore, zlib, libopus
 , openglSupport ? false, mesa ? null
 # Build options
 , runtimeCpuDetectBuild ? true # Detect CPU capabilities at runtime