diff --git a/multimedia/libdriv/gst-ffmpeg.xml b/multimedia/libdriv/gst-ffmpeg.xml
index b383072fc9..c0da5af5f2 100644
--- a/multimedia/libdriv/gst-ffmpeg.xml
+++ b/multimedia/libdriv/gst-ffmpeg.xml
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
   <!ENTITY gst-ffmpeg-download-ftp  " ">
   <!ENTITY gst-ffmpeg-md5sum        "7f5beacaf1312db2db30a026b36888c4">
   <!ENTITY gst-ffmpeg-size          "4.6 MB">
-  <!ENTITY gst-ffmpeg-buildsize     "272 MB (if not using system ffmpeg)">
-  <!ENTITY gst-ffmpeg-time          "2.9 SBU (if not using system ffmpeg)">
+  <!ENTITY gst-ffmpeg-buildsize     "272 MB">
+  <!ENTITY gst-ffmpeg-time          "2.9 SBU">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="gst-ffmpeg" xreflabel="gst-ffmpeg-&gst-ffmpeg-version;">
@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@
     <xref linkend="yasm"/></para>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
-    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="ffmpeg"/>
-    and <ulink url="http://code.entropywave.com/projects/orc/">ORC
+    <para role="optional"><ulink url="http://code.entropywave.com/projects/orc/">ORC
     </ulink></para>
 
     <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
@@ -89,19 +88,6 @@ make</userinput></screen>
 
   </sect2>
 
-  <sect2 role="commands">
-    <title>Command Explanations</title>
-
-    <para><option>--with-system-ffmpeg</option>: This switch allows you to use the
-    system libav libraries from a previously installed <application>ffmpeg</application>.
-    This would usually give you a more up to date version of this code, now that
-    <application>ffmpeg</application> has frequent releases, and significantly
-    reduces the time and space required to build this package.  However, it is not
-    recommended by the <application>gst-ffmpeg</application> developers and it
-    may break the testsuite.</para>
-
-  </sect2>
-
   <sect2 role="content">
     <title>Contents</title>