diff --git a/media-video/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-4.4.1-r5.ebuild b/media-video/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-4.4.1-r5.ebuild
index 2b5b34d00d7b6..c7b3109865932 100644
--- a/media-video/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-4.4.1-r5.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-4.4.1-r5.ebuild
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 		gnome-base/librsvg:2=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
 		x11-libs/cairo[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
 	)
-	nvenc? ( >=media-libs/nv-codec-headers-9.1.23.1[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+	nvenc? ( >=media-libs/nv-codec-headers-9.1.23.1 )
 	svt-av1? ( >=media-libs/svt-av1-0.8.4[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	truetype? ( >=media-libs/freetype-2.5.0.1:2[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	vaapi? ( >=x11-libs/libva-1.2.1-r1:0=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
diff --git a/media-video/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-5.0-r3.ebuild b/media-video/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-5.0-r3.ebuild
index 6db36fe57590e..f4365662bbad7 100644
--- a/media-video/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-5.0-r3.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-5.0-r3.ebuild
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 		gnome-base/librsvg:2=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
 		x11-libs/cairo[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
 	)
-	nvenc? ( >=media-libs/nv-codec-headers-9.1.23.1[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+	nvenc? ( >=media-libs/nv-codec-headers-9.1.23.1 )
 	svt-av1? ( >=media-libs/svt-av1-0.8.4[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	truetype? ( >=media-libs/freetype-2.5.0.1:2[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	vaapi? ( >=x11-libs/libva-1.2.1-r1:0=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )