diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f9879b2af..09476b6d5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -469,18 +469,9 @@ else()
   set(optlibsnotfound "${optlibsnotfound} AVDevice")
 endif()
 
-find_package(FFMPEG COMPONENTS avutil)
-if(FFMPEG_avutil_FOUND)
-  set(HAVE_LIBAVUTIL 1)
-  set(HAVE_LIBAVUTIL_AVUTIL_H 1)
-  set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES ${FFMPEG_avutil_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-  check_include_file("libavutil/mathematics.h" HAVE_LIBAVUTIL_MATHEMATICS_H)
-  check_include_file("libavutil/hwcontext.h" HAVE_LIBAVUTIL_HWCONTEXT_H)
-  list(APPEND ZM_BIN_LIBS "${FFMPEG_avutil_LIBRARIES}")
-  set(optlibsfound "${optlibsfound} AVUtil")
-else()
-  set(optlibsnotfound "${optlibsnotfound} AVUtil")
-endif()
+find_package(FFMPEG REQUIRED COMPONENTS avutil)
+set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES ${FFMPEG_avutil_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+check_include_file("libavutil/hwcontext.h" HAVE_LIBAVUTIL_HWCONTEXT_H)
 
 find_package(FFMPEG COMPONENTS swscale)
 if(FFMPEG_swscale_FOUND)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index b6d3ce1fb..1c89ad930 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ target_include_directories(zm
 
 target_link_libraries(zm
   PUBLIC
+    FFMPEG::avutil
     libbcrypt::bcrypt
     RtspServer::RtspServer
     martinmoene::span-lite
diff --git a/src/zm_ffmpeg.cpp b/src/zm_ffmpeg.cpp
index 53cc907f8..ee3649618 100644
--- a/src/zm_ffmpeg.cpp
+++ b/src/zm_ffmpeg.cpp
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ extern "C" {
 #include "libavutil/pixdesc.h"
 }
 
-#if HAVE_LIBAVCODEC || HAVE_LIBAVUTIL || HAVE_LIBSWSCALE
-
 void log_libav_callback(void *ptr, int level, const char *fmt, va_list vargs) {
   Logger *log = Logger::fetch();
   int log_level = 0;
@@ -100,7 +98,6 @@ void FFMPEGDeInit() {
   bInit = false;
 }
 
-#if HAVE_LIBAVUTIL
 enum _AVPIXELFORMAT GetFFMPEGPixelFormat(unsigned int p_colours, unsigned p_subpixelorder) {
   enum _AVPIXELFORMAT pf;
 
@@ -190,11 +187,8 @@ int av_dict_parse_string(AVDictionary **pm, const char *str,
   return 0;
 }
 #endif
-#endif // HAVE_LIBAVUTIL
 
-#endif // HAVE_LIBAVCODEC || HAVE_LIBAVUTIL || HAVE_LIBSWSCALE
 
-#if HAVE_LIBAVUTIL
 #if LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_CHECK(56, 0, 0, 17, 100)
 int64_t av_rescale_delta(AVRational in_tb, int64_t in_ts,  AVRational fs_tb, int duration, int64_t *last, AVRational out_tb){
   int64_t a, b, this_thing;
@@ -219,7 +213,6 @@ simple_round:
   return av_rescale_q(this_thing, fs_tb, out_tb);
 }
 #endif
-#endif
 
 static void zm_log_fps(double d, const char *postfix) {
   uint64_t v = lrintf(d * 100);
diff --git a/src/zm_ffmpeg.h b/src/zm_ffmpeg.h
index 704c46d25..178e1613c 100644
--- a/src/zm_ffmpeg.h
+++ b/src/zm_ffmpeg.h
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 // AVUTIL
-#if HAVE_LIBAVUTIL_AVUTIL_H
 #include "libavutil/avassert.h"
 #include <libavutil/avutil.h>
 #include <libavutil/base64.h>
@@ -109,7 +108,6 @@ extern "C" {
     //#define AV_PIX_FMT_VDPAU_MPEG1 PIX_FMT_VDPAU_MPEG1
     //#define AV_PIX_FMT_VDPAU_MPEG2 PIX_FMT_VDPAU_MPEG2
 #endif
-#endif /* HAVE_LIBAVUTIL_AVUTIL_H */
 
 // AVCODEC
 #if HAVE_LIBAVCODEC_AVCODEC_H
@@ -179,8 +177,6 @@ extern "C" {
 }
 #endif
 
-#if ( HAVE_LIBAVUTIL_AVUTIL_H || HAVE_LIBAVCODEC_AVCODEC_H || HAVE_LIBAVFORMAT_AVFORMAT_H || HAVE_LIBAVDEVICE_AVDEVICE_H )
-
 #if !LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_CHECK(52, 107, 0, 107, 0)
  #if defined(AVIO_WRONLY)
    #define AVIO_FLAG_WRITE AVIO_WRONLY
@@ -193,9 +189,7 @@ extern "C" {
 void FFMPEGInit();
 void FFMPEGDeInit();
 
-#if HAVE_LIBAVUTIL
 enum _AVPIXELFORMAT GetFFMPEGPixelFormat(unsigned int p_colours, unsigned p_subpixelorder);
-#endif // HAVE_LIBAVUTIL
 
 #if !LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_CHECK(54, 25, 0, 51, 100)
 #define AV_CODEC_ID_NONE CODEC_ID_NONE
@@ -253,9 +247,6 @@ enum _AVPIXELFORMAT GetFFMPEGPixelFormat(unsigned int p_colours, unsigned p_subp
 
 #endif // __cplusplus
 
-
-#endif // ( HAVE_LIBAVUTIL_AVUTIL_H || HAVE_LIBAVCODEC_AVCODEC_H || HAVE_LIBAVFORMAT_AVFORMAT_H || HAVE_LIBAVDEVICE_AVDEVICE_H )
-
 #ifndef av_rescale_delta
 /**
  * Rescale a timestamp while preserving known durations.
diff --git a/src/zm_swscale.cpp b/src/zm_swscale.cpp
index c4aa6b738..ff0aec109 100644
--- a/src/zm_swscale.cpp
+++ b/src/zm_swscale.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #include "zm_image.h"
 #include "zm_logger.h"
 
-#if HAVE_LIBSWSCALE && HAVE_LIBAVUTIL
+#if HAVE_LIBSWSCALE
 SWScale::SWScale() : gotdefaults(false), swscale_ctx(nullptr), input_avframe(nullptr), output_avframe(nullptr) {
   Debug(4, "SWScale object created");
 }
@@ -291,4 +291,4 @@ size_t SWScale::GetBufferSize(enum _AVPIXELFORMAT pf, unsigned int width, unsign
   return outsize = avpicture_get_size(pf, width,height);
 #endif
 }
-#endif // HAVE_LIBSWSCALE && HAVE_LIBAVUTIL
+#endif // HAVE_LIBSWSCALE
diff --git a/src/zm_swscale.h b/src/zm_swscale.h
index 8e7e1fa19..026ecc59e 100644
--- a/src/zm_swscale.h
+++ b/src/zm_swscale.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 class Image;
 
 /* SWScale wrapper class to make our life easier and reduce code reuse */
-#if HAVE_LIBSWSCALE && HAVE_LIBAVUTIL
+#if HAVE_LIBSWSCALE
 class SWScale {
   public:
     SWScale();
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ class SWScale {
     unsigned int default_width;
     unsigned int default_height;
 };
-#endif // HAVE_LIBSWSCALE && HAVE_LIBAVUTIL
+#endif // HAVE_LIBSWSCALE
 
 #endif
diff --git a/zoneminder-config.cmake b/zoneminder-config.cmake
index 7d5fd2323..db5d0be40 100644
--- a/zoneminder-config.cmake
+++ b/zoneminder-config.cmake
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@
 #cmakedefine HAVE_LIBAVCODEC_AVCODEC_H 1
 #cmakedefine HAVE_LIBAVDEVICE 1
 #cmakedefine HAVE_LIBAVDEVICE_AVDEVICE_H 1
-#cmakedefine HAVE_LIBAVUTIL 1
-#cmakedefine HAVE_LIBAVUTIL_AVUTIL_H 1
-#cmakedefine HAVE_LIBAVUTIL_MATHEMATICS_H 1
 #cmakedefine HAVE_LIBAVUTIL_HWCONTEXT_H 1
 #cmakedefine HAVE_LIBSWSCALE 1
 #cmakedefine HAVE_LIBSWSCALE_SWSCALE_H 1