diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e070c0b2e6..c3728cf9be 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1712,8 +1712,8 @@ ffplay_select="buffersink_filter rdft"
 ffprobe_deps="avcodec avformat"
 ffserver_deps="avformat ffm_muxer fork rtp_protocol rtsp_demuxer"
 ffserver_extralibs='$ldl'
-ffmpeg_deps="avcodec avfilter avformat swscale swresample format_filter"
-ffmpeg_select="buffersink_filter"
+ffmpeg_deps="avcodec avfilter avformat swscale swresample"
+ffmpeg_select="buffersink_filter format_filter"
 
 doc_deps="texi2html"