diff --git a/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-audio-encoders.c b/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-audio-encoders.c
index 6b08cb58e..a8347e64f 100644
--- a/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-audio-encoders.c
+++ b/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-audio-encoders.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include <obs-module.h>
 
 #include <libavutil/channel_layout.h>
-#include <libavutil/opt.h>
 #include <libavformat/avformat.h>
 
 #include "obs-ffmpeg-formats.h"
@@ -265,7 +264,6 @@ static void *enc_create(obs_data_t *settings, obs_encoder_t *encoder,
 	}
 
 	if (strcmp(enc->codec->name, "aac") == 0) {
-		av_opt_set(enc->context->priv_data, "aac_coder", "fast", 0);
 	}
 
 #if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_INT < AV_VERSION_INT(59, 24, 100)