diff --git a/package/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.mk b/package/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.mk
index 348bc8212c..223ed84cfe 100644
--- a/package/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.mk
+++ b/package/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.mk
@@ -364,11 +364,6 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_X86_CPU_HAS_MMX),y)
 FFMPEG_CONF_OPTS += --enable-yasm
 FFMPEG_DEPENDENCIES += host-yasm
 else
-ifeq ($(BR2_x86_i586),y)
-# Needed to work around a bug with gcc 5.x:
-# error: 'asm' operand has impossible constraints
-FFMPEG_CONF_OPTS += --disable-inline-asm
-endif
 FFMPEG_CONF_OPTS += --disable-yasm
 FFMPEG_CONF_OPTS += --disable-mmx
 endif