diff --git a/src/server/chromium/videoRecorder.ts b/src/server/chromium/videoRecorder.ts
index 5225883c93..f5258d2fa0 100644
--- a/src/server/chromium/videoRecorder.ts
+++ b/src/server/chromium/videoRecorder.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import { assert } from '../../utils/utils';
 import { launchProcess } from '../processLauncher';
 import { Progress, ProgressController } from '../progress';
 import * as types from '../types';
-import { spawnAsync } from '../validateDependencies';
 
 const fps = 25;
 
@@ -62,16 +61,12 @@ export class VideoRecorder {
 
     let ffmpegPath = 'ffmpeg';
     const binPath = path.join(__dirname, '../../../third_party/ffmpeg/');
-    if (os.platform() === 'win32') {
+    if (os.platform() === 'win32')
       ffmpegPath = path.join(binPath, os.arch() === 'x64' ? 'ffmpeg-win64.exe' : 'ffmpeg-win32.exe');
-    } else if (os.platform() === 'darwin') {
+    else if (os.platform() === 'darwin')
       ffmpegPath = path.join(binPath, 'ffmpeg-mac');
-    } else {
-      // Look for ffmpeg in PATH.
-      const {code, error} = await spawnAsync(ffmpegPath, ['-version'], {});
-      if (code !== 0 || error)
-        throw new Error('ffmpeg not found.\nInstall missing packages with:\n    sudo apt-get install ffmpeg');
-    }
+    else
+      ffmpegPath = path.join(binPath, 'ffmpeg-linux');
     const { launchedProcess, gracefullyClose } = await launchProcess({
       executablePath: ffmpegPath,
       args,
diff --git a/third_party/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-linux b/third_party/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-linux
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index 0000000000..e98aea673e
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