diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
index 27054512f1f7..a9d52f33349c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
@@ -490,6 +490,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (
           url = "https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/ffmpeg/-/raw/a02c1a15706ea832c0d52a4d66be8fb29499801a/add-av_stream_get_first_dts-for-chromium.patch";
           hash = "sha256-DbH6ieJwDwTjKOdQ04xvRcSLeeLP2Z2qEmqeo8HsPr4=";
         })
+      ]
+      ++ optionals (lib.versionAtLeast version "7.1" && lib.versionOlder version "8.0") [
         (fetchpatch2 {
           name = "lcevcdec-4.0.0-compat.patch";
           url = "https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/fa23202cc7baab899894e8d22d82851a84967848.patch";