diff --git a/scripts/activate.sh b/scripts/activate.sh
index a58a64b94..8df33716c 100755
--- a/scripts/activate.sh
+++ b/scripts/activate.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ if [[ ! "$PYAV_LIBRARY" ]]; then
             return 1
         fi
     else
-        PYAV_LIBRARY=ffmpeg-8.0.1
+        PYAV_LIBRARY=ffmpeg-8.1
         echo "No \$PYAV_LIBRARY set; defaulting to $PYAV_LIBRARY"
     fi
 fi
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ fi
 # Hack for PyPy on GitHub Actions.
 # This is because PYAV_PYTHON is constructed from "python${{ matrix.config.python }}"
 # resulting in "pythonpypy3", which won't work.
-# It would be nice to clean this up, but I want it to work ASAP.
 if [[ "$PYAV_PYTHON" == *pypy* ]]; then
     PYAV_PYTHON=python
 fi
diff --git a/scripts/build b/scripts/build
index e3bd7a073..dff74a880 100755
--- a/scripts/build
+++ b/scripts/build
@@ -17,9 +17,5 @@ echo PKG_CONFIG_PATH: $PKG_CONFIG_PATH
 echo LD_LIBRARY_PATH: $LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 echo
 
-which ffmpeg || exit 2
-ffmpeg -version || exit 3
-echo
-
 $PYAV_PIP install -U --pre cython setuptools 2> /dev/null
 "$PYAV_PYTHON" setup.py config build_ext --inplace || exit 1
diff --git a/scripts/build-deps b/scripts/build-deps
index 5b9a299c3..d89b1e406 100755
--- a/scripts/build-deps
+++ b/scripts/build-deps
@@ -55,15 +55,19 @@ cd $PYAV_LIBRARY
 echo ./configure
 ./configure \
     --disable-doc \
-    --disable-static \
+    --disable-programs \
     --disable-stripping \
+    --disable-static \
+    --enable-shared \
+    --enable-gpl \
+    --enable-version3 \
     --disable-libxml2 \
+    --disable-xlib \
     --disable-openssl \
     --enable-debug=3 \
-    --enable-gpl \
-    --enable-version3 \
     --enable-libx264 \
-    --enable-shared \
+    --disable-bsfs \
+    --enable-bsf=chomp,h264_mp4toannexb,setts \
     --enable-sse \
     --enable-avx \
     --enable-avx2 \