diff --git a/.github/scripts/Linux/download_build_ffmpeg.sh b/.github/scripts/Linux/download_build_ffmpeg.sh
index 079f8ddde..3ca34ce30 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/Linux/download_build_ffmpeg.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/Linux/download_build_ffmpeg.sh
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ if [ "$(lsb_release -rs)" = 20.04 ]; then
         git am -3 "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.github/scripts/Linux/ffmpeg-patches/0001-removed-bits-incompatible-with-old-vaapi.patch-noauto"
 fi
 install_aom
-( git clone --depth 1 http://git.videolan.org/git/x264.git && cd x264 && ./configure --disable-static --enable-shared && make -j "$(nproc)" && sudo make install || exit 1 )
 install_libvpx
 install_nv_codec_headers
 install_onevpl
diff --git a/.github/scripts/Linux/install_ffmpeg.sh b/.github/scripts/Linux/install_ffmpeg.sh
index 3884bcaa1..b14f135aa 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/Linux/install_ffmpeg.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/Linux/install_ffmpeg.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 cd /var/tmp/ffmpeg
 ( cd libvpx && sudo make install )
-( cd x264 && sudo make install )
 ( cd nv-codec-headers && sudo make install )
 ( cd aom/build && sudo cmake --install . )
 sudo cmake --install SVT-AV1/Build
diff --git a/.github/scripts/Linux/prepare.sh b/.github/scripts/Linux/prepare.sh
index b44a6d16f..fcdb4823c 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/Linux/prepare.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/Linux/prepare.sh
@@ -53,9 +53,7 @@ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:savoury1/vlc3 # new x265
 ffmpeg_build_dep=$(get_build_deps_excl ffmpeg 'libzmq3-dev\|libsdl2-dev')
 # shellcheck disable=SC2086 # intentional
 sudo apt install $ffmpeg_build_dep libdav1d-dev libde265-dev
-sudo apt-get -y remove 'libavcodec*' 'libavutil*' 'libswscale*' libvpx-dev 'libx264*' nginx
-# own x264 build
-sudo apt --no-install-recommends install asciidoc xmlto
+sudo apt-get -y remove 'libavcodec*' 'libavutil*' 'libswscale*' libvpx-dev nginx
 
 sudo apt install qtbase5-dev