diff --git a/media-video/ffmpeg-compat/ffmpeg-compat-4.4.5.ebuild b/media-video/ffmpeg-compat/ffmpeg-compat-4.4.5.ebuild
index a61c33e1d5097..cfd83d71322e9 100644
--- a/media-video/ffmpeg-compat/ffmpeg-compat-4.4.5.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/ffmpeg-compat/ffmpeg-compat-4.4.5.ebuild
@@ -320,10 +320,9 @@ src_unpack() {
 	if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]]; then
 		git-r3_src_unpack
 	else
-		if use verify-sig; then
+		use verify-sig &&
 			verify-sig_verify_detached "${DISTDIR}"/ffmpeg-${PV}.tar.xz{,.asc} \
 				"${BROOT}"/usr/share/openpgp-keys/ffmpeg.asc
-		fi
 		default
 	fi
 }
diff --git a/media-video/ffmpeg-compat/ffmpeg-compat-6.1.2.ebuild b/media-video/ffmpeg-compat/ffmpeg-compat-6.1.2.ebuild
index 34154406b6204..ba67b50cb7bc3 100644
--- a/media-video/ffmpeg-compat/ffmpeg-compat-6.1.2.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/ffmpeg-compat/ffmpeg-compat-6.1.2.ebuild
@@ -360,10 +360,9 @@ src_unpack() {
 	if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]]; then
 		git-r3_src_unpack
 	else
-		if use verify-sig; then
+		use verify-sig &&
 			verify-sig_verify_detached "${DISTDIR}"/ffmpeg-${PV}.tar.xz{,.asc} \
 				"${BROOT}"/usr/share/openpgp-keys/ffmpeg.asc
-		fi
 		default
 	fi
 }