diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/ffmpegx-depends/libvpx/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/ffmpegx-depends/libvpx/package.mk
index 33a5bcaef9..00cfe65f38 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/ffmpegx-depends/libvpx/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/ffmpegx-depends/libvpx/package.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ PKG_SHA256="1fec931eb5c94279ad219a5b6e0202358e94a93a90cfb1603578c326abfc1238"
 PKG_LICENSE="BSD"
 PKG_SITE="https://www.webmproject.org"
 PKG_URL="https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/archive/v${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain nasm:host"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
 PKG_LONGDESC="WebM VP8/VP9 Codec"
 
 configure_target() {
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ configure_target() {
       PKG_TARGET_NAME_LIBVPX="armv7-linux-gcc"
       ;;
     x86_64)
+      PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET+=" nasm:host"
       PKG_TARGET_NAME_LIBVPX="x86_64-linux-gcc"
       ;;
   esac
diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/ffmpegx/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/ffmpegx/package.mk
index 95dd8f6f4e..6471c227a2 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/ffmpegx/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/ffmpegx/package.mk
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ if [ "$KODIPLAYER_DRIVER" == "bcm2835-driver" ]; then
   PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="$PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET bcm2835-driver"
 fi
 
+if [ "$TARGET_ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
+  PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET+=" nasm:host"
+fi
+
 if [[ ! $TARGET_ARCH = arm ]] || target_has_feature neon; then
   PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="$PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET libvpx"
 fi
diff --git a/packages/lang/nasm/package.mk b/packages/lang/nasm/package.mk
index 1ea833bdee..a081a3647f 100644
--- a/packages/lang/nasm/package.mk
+++ b/packages/lang/nasm/package.mk
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 PKG_NAME="nasm"
 PKG_VERSION="2.14"
 PKG_SHA256="97c615dbf02ef80e4e2b6c385f7e28368d51efc214daa98e600ca4572500eec0"
+PKG_ARCH="x86_64"
 PKG_LICENSE="BSD"
 PKG_SITE="https://www.nasm.us/"
 PKG_URL="http://www.nasm.us/pub/nasm/releasebuilds/${PKG_VERSION}/nasm-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz"
diff --git a/packages/multimedia/SDL2/package.mk b/packages/multimedia/SDL2/package.mk
index 894d5f4618..330996dc7d 100644
--- a/packages/multimedia/SDL2/package.mk
+++ b/packages/multimedia/SDL2/package.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 # Copyright (C) 2009-2016 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+# Copyright (C) 2018-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="SDL2"
 PKG_VERSION="2.0.8"
@@ -7,15 +8,23 @@ PKG_SHA256="edc77c57308661d576e843344d8638e025a7818bff73f8fbfab09c3c5fd092ec"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="https://www.libsdl.org/"
 PKG_URL="https://www.libsdl.org/release/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain nasm:host alsa-lib systemd dbus"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain alsa-lib systemd dbus"
 PKG_LONGDESC="A cross-platform multimedia library designed to provide fast access to the graphics framebuffer and audio device. "
 PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="+pic"
 
+if [ "$TARGET_ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
+  PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET+=" nasm:host"
+  PKG_SDL2_X86ASM="-DASSEMBLY=ON"
+else
+  # Only x86(-64) and ppc assembly present as of 2.0.8
+  PKG_SDL2_X86ASM="-DASSEMBLY=OFF"
+fi
+
 PKG_CMAKE_OPTS_TARGET="-DSDL_STATIC=ON \
                        -DSDL_SHARED=OFF \
                        -DLIBC=ON \
                        -DGCC_ATOMICS=ON \
-                       -DASSEMBLY=ON \
+                       $PKG_SDL2_X86ASM \
                        -DALTIVEC=OFF \
                        -DOSS=OFF \
                        -DALSA=ON \
diff --git a/packages/multimedia/ffmpeg/package.mk b/packages/multimedia/ffmpeg/package.mk
index 7baea61a87..246b3966f4 100644
--- a/packages/multimedia/ffmpeg/package.mk
+++ b/packages/multimedia/ffmpeg/package.mk
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PKG_SHA256="f25559d4b803321483b28ac9b513671200bdc8e3531c02f0affdd622846a9c5e"
 PKG_LICENSE="LGPLv2.1+"
 PKG_SITE="https://ffmpeg.org"
 PKG_URL="https://github.com/xbmc/FFmpeg/archive/${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain nasm:host zlib bzip2 openssl speex"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain zlib bzip2 openssl speex"
 PKG_LONGDESC="FFmpeg is a complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video."
 PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="-gold"
 
@@ -61,9 +61,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 if [ "$TARGET_ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
-  PKG_FFMPEG_X86ASM="--enable-x86asm --x86asmexe=nasm"
-else
-  PKG_FFMPEG_X86ASM="--disable-x86asm"
+  PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET+=" nasm:host"
 fi
 
 if target_has_feature "(neon|sse)"; then
@@ -189,7 +187,6 @@ configure_target() {
               --enable-asm \
               --disable-altivec \
               $PKG_FFMPEG_FPU \
-              $PKG_FFMPEG_X86ASM \
               --disable-symver
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/multimedia/libass/package.mk b/packages/multimedia/libass/package.mk
index 249912e8fb..b85b831913 100644
--- a/packages/multimedia/libass/package.mk
+++ b/packages/multimedia/libass/package.mk
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--disable-test \
                            --with-gnu-ld"
 
 if [ $TARGET_ARCH = "x86_64" ]; then
-  PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="$PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET nasm:host"
-  PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="$PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET --enable-asm"
+  PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET+=" nasm:host"
+  PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET+=" --enable-asm"
 fi
diff --git a/packages/virtual/toolchain/package.mk b/packages/virtual/toolchain/package.mk
index 87d29ac302..537758c8cc 100644
--- a/packages/virtual/toolchain/package.mk
+++ b/packages/virtual/toolchain/package.mk
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ PKG_VERSION=""
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="https://libreelec.tv"
 PKG_URL=""
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="configtools:host make:host xz:host sed:host pkg-config:host autoconf:host automake:host intltool:host libtool:host autoconf-archive:host gcc:host bison:host flex:host cmake:host xmlstarlet:host nasm:host p7zip:host ninja:host meson:host"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="configtools:host make:host xz:host sed:host pkg-config:host autoconf:host automake:host intltool:host libtool:host autoconf-archive:host gcc:host bison:host flex:host cmake:host xmlstarlet:host p7zip:host ninja:host meson:host"
 PKG_SECTION="virtual"
 PKG_LONGDESC="LibreELEC.tv' toolchain to compile all packages"