diff --git a/extern/Makefile b/extern/Makefile
index 1bebf1e1994..b81fbd2b91a 100644
--- a/extern/Makefile
+++ b/extern/Makefile
@@ -32,15 +32,6 @@ SOURCEDIR = extern
 DIR = $(OCGDIR)/extern
 DIRS = glew/src
 
-ifeq ($(WITH_FFMPEG), true)
-ifeq ($(NAN_FFMPEG), $(LCGDIR)/ffmpeg)
-    DIRS += ffmpeg
-endif
-ifeq ($(NAN_FFMPEG), $(LCGDIR)/gcc/ffmpeg)
-    DIRS += ffmpeg
-endif
-endif
-
 # Cloth requires it
 #ifneq ($(NAN_NO_KETSJI), true)
 DIRS += bullet2
diff --git a/source/nan_definitions.mk b/source/nan_definitions.mk
index f8afc7f3fa6..8c47bcf11c1 100644
--- a/source/nan_definitions.mk
+++ b/source/nan_definitions.mk
@@ -138,9 +138,9 @@ ifndef CONFIG_GUESS
   endif
 
   ifeq ($(NAN_USE_FFMPEG_CONFIG), true)
-    export NAN_FFMPEG ?= $(shell ffmpeg-config --prefix)
-    export NAN_FFMPEGLIBS ?= $(shell ffmpeg-config --libs avformat avcodec)
-    export NAN_FFMPEGCFLAGS ?= $(shell ffmpeg-config --cflags)
+    export NAN_FFMPEG = $(shell pkg-config --variable=prefix libavcodec) # Assume they are all in the same prefix
+    export NAN_FFMPEGLIBS = $(shell pkg-config --libs libavcodec libavdevice libavformat libswscale libavutil)
+    export NAN_FFMPEGCFLAGS = $(shell pkg-config --cflags libavcodec libavdevice libavformat libswscale libavutil)
   endif
 
   # Platform Dependent settings go below:
@@ -336,12 +336,6 @@ ifndef CONFIG_GUESS
     export NAN_SDLCFLAGS ?= $(shell sdl-config --cflags)
     export NAN_SAMPLERATE ?= /usr
 
-ifneq ($(NAN_USE_FFMPEG_CONFIG), true)
-    export NAN_FFMPEG ?= /usr
-    export NAN_FFMPEGLIBS ?= -L$(NAN_FFMPEG)/lib -lavformat -lavcodec -lavutil -lswscale -lavdevice -ldts -lz
-    export NAN_FFMPEGCFLAGS ?= -I$(NAN_FFMPEG)/include
-endif
-
     ifeq ($(WITH_OPENEXR), true)
       export NAN_OPENEXR ?= $(shell pkg-config --variable=prefix OpenEXR )
       export NAN_OPENEXR_INC ?= $(shell pkg-config --cflags OpenEXR )