diff --git a/meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-multimedia.bb b/meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-multimedia.bb
index 672c8abc9a..618eaa68d1 100644
--- a/meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-multimedia.bb
+++ b/meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-multimedia.bb
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ RDEPENDS:packagegroup-meta-multimedia = "\
     openal-soft \
     opusfile \
     opus-tools \
-    ${@bb.utils.contains("LICENSE_FLAGS_ACCEPTED", "commercial", bb.utils.contains("DISTRO_FEATURES", "x11", "vlc", "", d), "", d)} \
     ${@bb.utils.contains("LICENSE_FLAGS_ACCEPTED", "commercial", "sox streamripper", "", d)} \
     tinyalsa \
     ${@bb.utils.contains("LICENSE_FLAGS_ACCEPTED", "commercial", bb.utils.contains_any("TRANSLATED_TARGET_ARCH", "i586 i686 x86-64", "x265", "", d), "", d)} \
diff --git a/meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/vlc/vlc_3.0.21.bb b/meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/vlc/vlc_3.0.21.bb
index 6406343c8d..2d2ecc63b9 100644
--- a/meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/vlc/vlc_3.0.21.bb
+++ b/meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/vlc/vlc_3.0.21.bb
@@ -132,3 +132,5 @@ FILES:${PN}-staticdev += "\
 INSANE_SKIP:${PN} = "dev-so"
 
 EXCLUDE_FROM_WORLD = "${@bb.utils.contains("LICENSE_FLAGS_ACCEPTED", "commercial", "0", "1", d)}"
+
+SKIP_RECIPE[vlc] = "requires porting to ffmpeg >= 7 as of ffmpeg >= 5 it requires extensive changes disabling VAAPI (only supported with vlc >= 4)"