diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/vlc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/vlc/default.nix
index c925eca302a8..f79899259602 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/vlc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/vlc/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchurl, autoreconfHook
 , libarchive, perl, xorg, libdvdnav, libbluray
-, zlib, a52dec, libmad, faad2, ffmpeg_3, alsaLib
+, zlib, a52dec, libmad, faad2, ffmpeg, alsaLib
 , pkg-config, dbus, fribidi, freefont_ttf, libebml, libmatroska
 , libvorbis, libtheora, speex, lua5, libgcrypt, libgpgerror, libupnp
 , libcaca, libpulseaudio, flac, schroedinger, libxml2, librsvg
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # which are not included here for no other reason that nobody has mentioned
   # needing them
   buildInputs = [
-    zlib a52dec libmad faad2 ffmpeg_3 alsaLib libdvdnav libdvdnav.libdvdread
+    zlib a52dec libmad faad2 ffmpeg alsaLib libdvdnav libdvdnav.libdvdread
     libbluray dbus fribidi libvorbis libtheora speex lua5 libgcrypt libgpgerror
     libupnp libcaca libpulseaudio flac schroedinger libxml2 librsvg mpeg2dec
     systemd gnutls avahi libcddb SDL SDL_image libmtp unzip taglib libarchive