diff --git a/multimedia/ffmpeg/Makefile b/multimedia/ffmpeg/Makefile
index 333a8ef8a..a5025d73a 100644
--- a/multimedia/ffmpeg/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/ffmpeg/Makefile
@@ -203,8 +203,6 @@ FFMPEG_PATENTED_DECODERS:= \
 	hevc \
 	vc1 \
 
-FFMPEG_PATENTED_ENCODERS:=$(FFMPEG_PATENTED_DECODERS)
-
 FFMPEG_PATENTED_MUXERS:= \
 	h264 \
 	hevc \
@@ -461,7 +459,6 @@ ifeq ($(BUILD_VARIANT),full)
 		--enable-gnutls \
 		$(if $(CONFIG_BUILD_PATENTED),, \
 			$(call FFMPEG_DISABLE,decoder,$(FFMPEG_PATENTED_DECODERS)) \
-			$(call FFMPEG_DISABLE,encoder,$(FFMPEG_PATENTED_ENCODERS)) \
 			$(call FFMPEG_DISABLE,muxer,$(FFMPEG_PATENTED_MUXERS)) \
 			$(call FFMPEG_DISABLE,demuxer,$(FFMPEG_PATENTED_DEMUXERS)) \
 			$(call FFMPEG_DISABLE,parser,$(FFMPEG_PATENTED_PARSERS))) \