diff --git a/external/ffmpeg/CMakeLists.txt b/external/ffmpeg/CMakeLists.txt
index 70d46d5..50acdd4 100644
--- a/external/ffmpeg/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/ffmpeg/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,34 +16,14 @@ if (DESKTOP_APP_USE_PACKAGED)
     pkg_check_modules(SWSCALE REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET libswscale)
     pkg_check_modules(SWRESAMPLE REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET libswresample)
 
-    if (DESKTOP_APP_USE_PACKAGED_FFMPEG_STATIC)
-        target_include_directories(external_ffmpeg SYSTEM
-        INTERFACE
-            ${AVCODEC_STATIC_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-            ${AVFORMAT_STATIC_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-            ${AVUTIL_STATIC_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-            ${SWSCALE_STATIC_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-            ${SWRESAMPLE_STATIC_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-        )
-
-        target_link_static_libraries(external_ffmpeg IGNORE_NONEXISTING
-        INTERFACE
-            ${AVCODEC_STATIC_LIBRARIES}
-            ${AVFORMAT_STATIC_LIBRARIES}
-            ${AVUTIL_STATIC_LIBRARIES}
-            ${SWSCALE_STATIC_LIBRARIES}
-            ${SWRESAMPLE_STATIC_LIBRARIES}
-        )
-    else()
-        target_link_libraries(external_ffmpeg
-        INTERFACE
-            PkgConfig::AVCODEC
-            PkgConfig::AVFORMAT
-            PkgConfig::AVUTIL
-            PkgConfig::SWSCALE
-            PkgConfig::SWRESAMPLE
-        )
-    endif()
+    target_link_libraries(external_ffmpeg
+    INTERFACE
+        PkgConfig::AVCODEC
+        PkgConfig::AVFORMAT
+        PkgConfig::AVUTIL
+        PkgConfig::SWSCALE
+        PkgConfig::SWRESAMPLE
+    )
 else()
     target_include_directories(external_ffmpeg SYSTEM
     INTERFACE
diff --git a/target_link_static_libraries.cmake b/target_link_static_libraries.cmake
index d8fac55..2aa2875 100644
--- a/target_link_static_libraries.cmake
+++ b/target_link_static_libraries.cmake
@@ -12,34 +12,14 @@ function(target_link_static_libraries target_name)
     set(private_libs "")
     set(public_libs "")
     set(interface_libs "")
-    set(ignore_nonexisting 0)
-    set(ignored_libs "")
     foreach (entry ${list})
         if (${entry} STREQUAL "PRIVATE" OR ${entry} STREQUAL "PUBLIC" OR ${entry} STREQUAL "INTERFACE")
             set(writing_now ${entry})
-        elseif (${entry} STREQUAL "IGNORE_NONEXISTING")
-            set(ignore_nonexisting 1)
         else()
             find_library(static_lib_${entry} lib${entry}.a)
             set(full_path "${static_lib_${entry}}")
             if (${full_path} STREQUAL static_lib_${entry}-NOTFOUND)
-                if (ignore_nonexisting)
-                    if (NOT entry IN_LIST ignored_libs)
-                        message(VERBOSE "Could not find static library lib${entry}.a, using shared one...")
-                        list(APPEND ignored_libs ${entry})
-                    endif()
-                    if (APPLE)
-                        find_library(shared_lib_${entry} lib${entry}.dylib)
-                        set(full_path "${shared_lib_${entry}}")
-                        if (${full_path} STREQUAL shared_lib_${entry}-NOTFOUND)
-                            message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find shared library lib${entry}.dylib")
-                        endif()
-                    else()
-                        set(full_path ${entry})
-                    endif()
-                else()
-                    message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find static library lib${entry}.a")
-                endif()
+                message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find static library lib${entry}.a")
             endif()
             if ("${writing_now}" STREQUAL "PRIVATE")
                 list(APPEND private_libs ${full_path})
diff --git a/variables.cmake b/variables.cmake
index fc4ff6c..dcbdcff 100644
--- a/variables.cmake
+++ b/variables.cmake
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ option(DESKTOP_APP_DISABLE_X11_INTEGRATION "Disable all code for X11 integration
 option(DESKTOP_APP_DISABLE_WAYLAND_INTEGRATION "Disable all code for Wayland integration (Linux only)." OFF)
 option(DESKTOP_APP_USE_ALLOCATION_TRACER "Use simple allocation tracer (Linux only)." OFF)
 option(DESKTOP_APP_USE_PACKAGED_LAZY "Bundle recommended Qt plugins for self-contained packages. (Linux only)" OFF)
-option(DESKTOP_APP_USE_PACKAGED_FFMPEG_STATIC "Link ffmpeg statically in packaged mode." OFF)
 option(DESKTOP_APP_DISABLE_SPELLCHECK "Disable spellcheck library." OFF)
 option(DESKTOP_APP_DISABLE_CRASH_REPORTS "Disable crash report generation." ${no_special_target})
 option(DESKTOP_APP_DISABLE_AUTOUPDATE "Disable autoupdate." ${disable_autoupdate})