diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 133d962f..d2ce977e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2636,8 +2636,6 @@ requires a [flake-enabled](https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Flakes) installation of nix
 
 some recommended dependencies are enabled by default; [override the package](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/blob/hovudstraum/contrib/package/nix/copyparty/default.nix#L3-L22) if you want to add/remove some features/deps
 
-`ffmpeg-full` was chosen over `ffmpeg-headless` mainly because we need `withWebp` (and `withOpenmpt` is also nice) and being able to use a cached build felt more important than optimizing for size at the time -- PRs welcome if you disagree 👍
-
 
 ## nixos module
 
diff --git a/contrib/package/nix/overlay.nix b/contrib/package/nix/overlay.nix
index d6e3a895..10ff6777 100644
--- a/contrib/package/nix/overlay.nix
+++ b/contrib/package/nix/overlay.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ let
     withMagic = true;
   };
 
-  call = attrs: final.python3.pkgs.callPackage ./copyparty ({ ffmpeg = final.ffmpeg-full; } // attrs);
+  call = attrs: final.python3.pkgs.callPackage ./copyparty ({ ffmpeg = final.ffmpeg-headless; } // attrs);
 in
 {
   copyparty = call { stable = true; };