diff --git a/multimedia/libdriv/pipewire.xml b/multimedia/libdriv/pipewire.xml
index 1e0c08bde3..841f8cb0d7 100644
--- a/multimedia/libdriv/pipewire.xml
+++ b/multimedia/libdriv/pipewire.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
     <para role="recommended">
       <xref linkend="bluez"/>,
-      <xref linkend="ffmpeg"/>,
       <xref linkend="gstreamer10"/>,
       <xref linkend="gst10-plugins-base"/>,
       <xref linkend="libva"/>,
@@ -88,6 +87,7 @@
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
     <para role="optional">
+      <xref linkend="ffmpeg"/>,
       <xref linkend="valgrind"/>,
       <xref linkend="doxygen"/> and
       <xref linkend="graphviz"/> (for documentation),