diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/get-video-properties/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/get-video-properties/default.nix
index 89e01fedc13d..63b9515cf791 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/get-video-properties/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/get-video-properties/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
-, ffmpeg
+, ffmpeg-headless
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace videoprops/__init__.py \
-      --replace "which('ffprobe')" "'${ffmpeg}/bin/ffprobe'"
+      --replace "which('ffprobe')" "'${ffmpeg-headless}/bin/ffprobe'"
+
+    # unused and vulnerable to various CVEs
+    rm -r videoprops/binary_dependencies
   '';
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "videoprops" ];