diff --git a/src/multimedia/configure.cmake b/src/multimedia/configure.cmake
index fd69e8186..23657d9f5 100644
--- a/src/multimedia/configure.cmake
+++ b/src/multimedia/configure.cmake
@@ -65,27 +65,6 @@ if(TARGET EGL::EGL)
 endif()
 qt_find_package(EGL PROVIDED_TARGETS EGL::EGL)
 
-# If FFMPEG_DIR is specified, we require FFmpeg to be present. This makes
-# configuration problems easier to detect, and reduces risk of silent
-# fallback to native backends.
-if (DEFINED FFMPEG_DIR)
-    set(ffmpeg_required REQUIRED)
-endif()
-
-qt_find_package(FFmpeg OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS AVCODEC AVFORMAT AVUTIL SWRESAMPLE SWSCALE PROVIDED_TARGETS FFmpeg::avcodec FFmpeg::avformat FFmpeg::avutil FFmpeg::swresample FFmpeg::swscale MODULE_NAME multimedia QMAKE_LIB ffmpeg ${ffmpeg_required})
-qt_find_package_extend_sbom(
-    TARGETS
-        FFmpeg::avcodec
-        FFmpeg::avformat
-        FFmpeg::avutil
-        FFmpeg::swresample
-        FFmpeg::swscale
-    ATTRIBUTION_FILE_DIR_PATHS
-        # Need to pass an absolute path here, otherwise the file will be relative to the root of
-        # the source tree, not the current dir, because system libraries are processed in the
-        # source root directory.
-        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../3rdparty/ffmpeg
-)
 qt_find_package(PipeWire PROVIDED_TARGETS PipeWire::PipeWire MODULE_NAME multimedia QMAKE_LIB pipewire)
 qt_find_package(VAAPI COMPONENTS VA DRM PROVIDED_TARGETS VAAPI::VAAPI MODULE_NAME multimedia QMAKE_LIB vaapi)
 
@@ -138,7 +117,7 @@ qt_feature("ffmpeg" PRIVATE
     LABEL "FFmpeg"
     ENABLE INPUT_ffmpeg STREQUAL 'yes'
     DISABLE INPUT_ffmpeg STREQUAL 'no'
-    CONDITION FFmpeg_FOUND AND (APPLE OR WIN32 OR ANDROID OR QNX OR QT_FEATURE_pulseaudio)
+    CONDITION UNIX OR WIN32
 )
 qt_feature("pipewire" PRIVATE
     LABEL "PipeWire"