diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
index 6bde5aa776ba..afd67d19637b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 , withSvtav1 ? withHeadlessDeps && !stdenv.isAarch64 # AV1 encoder/decoder (focused on speed and correctness)
 , withTensorflow ? false # Tensorflow dnn backend support
 , withTheora ? withHeadlessDeps # Theora encoder
-, withV4l2 ? withFullDeps && !stdenv.isDarwin # Video 4 Linux support
+, withV4l2 ? withHeadlessDeps && !stdenv.isDarwin # Video 4 Linux support
 , withV4l2M2m ? withV4l2
 , withVaapi ? withHeadlessDeps && (with stdenv; isLinux || isFreeBSD) # Vaapi hardware acceleration
 , withVdpau ? withSmallDeps # Vdpau hardware acceleration