diff --git a/media-gfx/blender/blender-3.6.18-r1.ebuild b/media-gfx/blender/blender-3.6.18-r1.ebuild
index b2b0c67be6c0b..c5e81c9405680 100644
--- a/media-gfx/blender/blender-3.6.18-r1.ebuild
+++ b/media-gfx/blender/blender-3.6.18-r1.ebuild
@@ -69,10 +69,7 @@ RDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	color-management? ( media-libs/opencolorio:= )
 	cuda? ( dev-util/nvidia-cuda-toolkit:= )
 	embree? ( >=media-libs/embree-3.10.0:=[raymask] )
-	ffmpeg? (
-		media-video/ffmpeg:=[encode(+),jpeg2k?,opus,theora,vorbis,vpx,x264,xvid]
-		|| ( media-video/ffmpeg[lame(-)] media-video/ffmpeg[mp3(-)] )
-	)
+	ffmpeg? ( media-video/ffmpeg:=[encode(+),lame(-),jpeg2k?,opus,theora,vorbis,vpx,x264,xvid] )
 	fftw? ( sci-libs/fftw:3.0= )
 	gmp? ( dev-libs/gmp[cxx] )
 	jack? ( virtual/jack )
diff --git a/media-gfx/blender/blender-4.1.1-r4.ebuild b/media-gfx/blender/blender-4.1.1-r4.ebuild
index 6498f3f3abccf..3fbedcbe3c5fb 100644
--- a/media-gfx/blender/blender-4.1.1-r4.ebuild
+++ b/media-gfx/blender/blender-4.1.1-r4.ebuild
@@ -82,10 +82,7 @@ RDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	color-management? ( media-libs/opencolorio:= )
 	cuda? ( dev-util/nvidia-cuda-toolkit:= )
 	embree? ( media-libs/embree:=[raymask] )
-	ffmpeg? (
-		media-video/ffmpeg:=[encode(+),jpeg2k?,opus,theora,vorbis,vpx,x264,xvid]
-		|| ( media-video/ffmpeg[lame(-)] media-video/ffmpeg[mp3(-)] )
-	)
+	ffmpeg? ( media-video/ffmpeg:=[encode(+),lame(-),jpeg2k?,opus,theora,vorbis,vpx,x264,xvid] )
 	fftw? ( sci-libs/fftw:3.0= )
 	gmp? ( dev-libs/gmp[cxx] )
 	gnome? ( gui-libs/libdecor )
diff --git a/media-gfx/blender/blender-4.2.4-r1.ebuild b/media-gfx/blender/blender-4.2.4-r1.ebuild
index c6813514bc005..8fcb55057a7b0 100644
--- a/media-gfx/blender/blender-4.2.4-r1.ebuild
+++ b/media-gfx/blender/blender-4.2.4-r1.ebuild
@@ -81,10 +81,7 @@ RDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	color-management? ( media-libs/opencolorio:= )
 	cuda? ( dev-util/nvidia-cuda-toolkit:= )
 	embree? ( media-libs/embree:=[raymask] )
-	ffmpeg? (
-		media-video/ffmpeg:=[encode(+),jpeg2k?,opus,theora,vorbis,vpx,x264,xvid]
-		|| ( media-video/ffmpeg[lame(-)] media-video/ffmpeg[mp3(-)] )
-	)
+	ffmpeg? ( media-video/ffmpeg:=[encode(+),lame(-),jpeg2k?,opus,theora,vorbis,vpx,x264,xvid] )
 	fftw? ( sci-libs/fftw:3.0= )
 	gmp? ( dev-libs/gmp[cxx] )
 	gnome? ( gui-libs/libdecor )
diff --git a/media-gfx/blender/blender-4.3.2-r1.ebuild b/media-gfx/blender/blender-4.3.2-r1.ebuild
index 71102af8a31bf..105a047649fb5 100644
--- a/media-gfx/blender/blender-4.3.2-r1.ebuild
+++ b/media-gfx/blender/blender-4.3.2-r1.ebuild
@@ -81,10 +81,7 @@ RDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	color-management? ( media-libs/opencolorio:= )
 	cuda? ( dev-util/nvidia-cuda-toolkit:= )
 	embree? ( media-libs/embree:=[raymask] )
-	ffmpeg? (
-		media-video/ffmpeg:=[encode(+),jpeg2k?,opus,theora,vorbis,vpx,x264,xvid]
-		|| ( media-video/ffmpeg[lame(-)] media-video/ffmpeg[mp3(-)] )
-	)
+	ffmpeg? ( media-video/ffmpeg:=[encode(+),lame(-),jpeg2k?,opus,theora,vorbis,vpx,x264,xvid] )
 	fftw? ( sci-libs/fftw:3.0= )
 	gmp? ( dev-libs/gmp[cxx] )
 	gnome? ( gui-libs/libdecor )
diff --git a/media-gfx/blender/blender-9999.ebuild b/media-gfx/blender/blender-9999.ebuild
index 6304da04d1cbd..8cf95a7b4ed53 100644
--- a/media-gfx/blender/blender-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-gfx/blender/blender-9999.ebuild
@@ -81,10 +81,7 @@ RDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	color-management? ( media-libs/opencolorio:= )
 	cuda? ( dev-util/nvidia-cuda-toolkit:= )
 	embree? ( media-libs/embree:=[raymask] )
-	ffmpeg? (
-		media-video/ffmpeg:=[encode(+),jpeg2k?,opus,theora,vorbis,vpx,x264,xvid]
-		|| ( media-video/ffmpeg[lame(-)] media-video/ffmpeg[mp3(-)] )
-	)
+	ffmpeg? ( media-video/ffmpeg:=[encode(+),lame(-),jpeg2k?,opus,theora,vorbis,vpx,x264,xvid] )
 	fftw? ( sci-libs/fftw:3.0= )
 	gmp? ( dev-libs/gmp[cxx] )
 	gnome? ( gui-libs/libdecor )