diff --git a/media-video/mpv/mpv-0.40.0.ebuild b/media-video/mpv/mpv-0.40.0.ebuild
index fd89269f00c3d..b17efcfce030c 100644
--- a/media-video/mpv/mpv-0.40.0.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/mpv/mpv-0.40.0.ebuild
@@ -137,14 +137,6 @@ src_configure() {
 		fi
 	fi
 
-	mpv_feature_multi() {
-		local use set
-		for use in ${1} ${2}; do
-			use ${use} || set=disabled
-		done
-		echo -D${3-${2}}=${set-enabled}
-	}
-
 	local emesonargs=(
 		$(meson_use cli cplayer)
 		$(meson_use libmpv)
@@ -200,34 +192,14 @@ src_configure() {
 		-Dgl=$(use egl || use libmpv || use opengl &&
 			echo enabled || echo disabled)
 		$(meson_feature egl)
-		$(mpv_feature_multi egl X egl-x11)
-		$(mpv_feature_multi egl drm gbm) # gbm is only used by egl-drm
-		$(mpv_feature_multi egl drm egl-drm)
-		$(mpv_feature_multi egl wayland egl-wayland)
 		$(meson_feature libmpv plain-gl)
-		$(mpv_feature_multi opengl X gl-x11)
-		$(mpv_feature_multi opengl aqua gl-cocoa)
 
 		$(meson_feature vulkan)
 
 		# hardware decoding
 		$(meson_feature nvenc cuda-hwaccel)
-		$(meson_feature nvenc cuda-interop)
-
 		$(meson_feature vaapi)
-		$(mpv_feature_multi vaapi X vaapi-x11)
-		$(mpv_feature_multi vaapi drm vaapi-drm)
-		$(mpv_feature_multi vaapi wayland vaapi-wayland)
-
 		$(meson_feature vdpau)
-		$(mpv_feature_multi vdpau opengl vdpau-gl-x11)
-
-		$(mpv_feature_multi aqua opengl videotoolbox-gl)
-
-		# notable options left to automagic
-		#dmabuf-wayland: USE="drm wayland" + plus memfd_create support
-		#vulkan-interop: USE="vulkan" + >=ffmpeg-6.1
-		# TODO?: perhaps few more similar compound options should be left auto
 	)
 
 	meson_src_configure
diff --git a/media-video/mpv/mpv-9999.ebuild b/media-video/mpv/mpv-9999.ebuild
index 21c9db982186a..aaf45c44fd62f 100644
--- a/media-video/mpv/mpv-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/mpv/mpv-9999.ebuild
@@ -140,14 +140,6 @@ src_configure() {
 		fi
 	fi
 
-	mpv_feature_multi() {
-		local use set
-		for use in ${1} ${2}; do
-			use ${use} || set=disabled
-		done
-		echo -D${3-${2}}=${set-enabled}
-	}
-
 	local emesonargs=(
 		$(meson_use cli cplayer)
 		$(meson_use libmpv)
@@ -203,34 +195,14 @@ src_configure() {
 		-Dgl=$(use egl || use libmpv || use opengl &&
 			echo enabled || echo disabled)
 		$(meson_feature egl)
-		$(mpv_feature_multi egl X egl-x11)
-		$(mpv_feature_multi egl drm gbm) # gbm is only used by egl-drm
-		$(mpv_feature_multi egl drm egl-drm)
-		$(mpv_feature_multi egl wayland egl-wayland)
 		$(meson_feature libmpv plain-gl)
-		$(mpv_feature_multi opengl X gl-x11)
-		$(mpv_feature_multi opengl aqua gl-cocoa)
 
 		$(meson_feature vulkan)
 
 		# hardware decoding
 		$(meson_feature nvenc cuda-hwaccel)
-		$(meson_feature nvenc cuda-interop)
-
 		$(meson_feature vaapi)
-		$(mpv_feature_multi vaapi X vaapi-x11)
-		$(mpv_feature_multi vaapi drm vaapi-drm)
-		$(mpv_feature_multi vaapi wayland vaapi-wayland)
-
 		$(meson_feature vdpau)
-		$(mpv_feature_multi vdpau opengl vdpau-gl-x11)
-
-		$(mpv_feature_multi aqua opengl videotoolbox-gl)
-
-		# notable options left to automagic
-		#dmabuf-wayland: USE="drm wayland" + plus memfd_create support
-		#vulkan-interop: USE="vulkan" + >=ffmpeg-6.1
-		# TODO?: perhaps few more similar compound options should be left auto
 	)
 
 	meson_src_configure