diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
index c780ad1b545a0..4d73c8ae72bed 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
@@ -129,9 +129,8 @@
 , withXcbShape ? withFullDeps # X11 grabbing shape rendering
 , withXcbShm ? withFullDeps # X11 grabbing shm communication
 , withXcbxfixes ? withFullDeps # X11 grabbing mouse rendering
-# Currently only supports gcc and msvc as compiler, the limitation for clang get removed in the next release, but that does not fix building on darwin.
-, withXevd ? withFullDeps && lib.versionAtLeast version "7" && stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86 && stdenv.cc.isGNU # MPEG-5 EVC decoding
-, withXeve ? withFullDeps && lib.versionAtLeast version "7" && stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86 && stdenv.cc.isGNU # MPEG-5 EVC encoding
+, withXevd ? withFullDeps && lib.versionAtLeast version "7" && !xevd.meta.broken # MPEG-5 EVC decoding
+, withXeve ? withFullDeps && lib.versionAtLeast version "7" && !xeve.meta.broken # MPEG-5 EVC encoding
 , withXlib ? withFullDeps # Xlib support
 , withXml2 ? withFullDeps # libxml2 support, for IMF and DASH demuxers
 , withXvid ? withHeadlessDeps && withGPL # Xvid encoder, native encoder exists