diff --git a/ffmpeg-5.changes b/ffmpeg-5.changes
index 7a23134..8854488 100644
--- a/ffmpeg-5.changes
+++ b/ffmpeg-5.changes
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Sun Jan 30 20:07:03 UTC 2022 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
 - Enable building with glslang. (Should enable video blending
   with GLSL.)
+- Unconditionalize ffnvcodec (like vmaf already is).
 
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 Sun Jan 16 12:09:57 UTC 2022 - Callum Farmer <gmbr3@opensuse.org>
diff --git a/ffmpeg-5.spec b/ffmpeg-5.spec
index 897b169..bf19f3a 100644
--- a/ffmpeg-5.spec
+++ b/ffmpeg-5.spec
@@ -37,11 +37,6 @@
 %preamble_string ffmpeg-private-devel %comparator %conflicts_version \
 %nil
 
-# nvcodec headers only present after leap15
-%bcond_with nvcodec
-%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1500
-%bcond_without nvcodec
-%endif
 %if 0%{?BUILD_ORIG}
 %bcond_with    amrwb
 %bcond_without cuda_sdk
@@ -234,9 +229,7 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(fdk-aac)
 %if %{with librtmp}
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(librtmp)
 %endif
-%if %{with nvcodec}
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(ffnvcodec)
-%endif
 %if %{with xvid}
 BuildRequires:  libxvidcore-devel
 %endif