diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
index 982cd039da..50c0f41232 100644
--- a/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
@@ -213,9 +213,8 @@ configure_package() {
                          -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=$TOOLCHAIN/bin/$PKG_PYTHON_VERSION \
                          -DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include/$PKG_PYTHON_VERSION \
                          -DGIT_VERSION=$PKG_VERSION \
-                         -DWITH_FFMPEG=$(get_build_dir ffmpeg) \
+                         -DFFMPEG_PATH=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr \
                          -DENABLE_INTERNAL_FFMPEG=OFF \
-                         -DFFMPEG_INCLUDE_DIRS=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr \
                          -DENABLE_INTERNAL_CROSSGUID=OFF \
                          -DENABLE_UDEV=ON \
                          -DENABLE_DBUS=ON \