diff --git a/Makefile.win b/Makefile.win
index 68aa7c95ed..cc53111e19 100644
--- a/Makefile.win
+++ b/Makefile.win
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@ ifeq ($(HAVE_FFMPEG), 1)
    DEFINES += -DHAVE_FFMPEG_AVIO_OPEN
    DEFINES += -DHAVE_FFMPEG_AVFORMAT_WRITE_HEADER
    DEFINES += -DHAVE_FFMPEG_AVFORMAT_NEW_STREAM
-   DEFINES += -DHAVE_X264RGB
    OBJ += record/ffemu.o
 endif
 
diff --git a/config.features.h b/config.features.h
index d05067885d..8d992d8723 100644
--- a/config.features.h
+++ b/config.features.h
@@ -134,12 +134,6 @@ static const bool _ffmpeg_supp = true;
 static const bool _ffmpeg_supp = false;
 #endif
 
-#ifdef HAVE_X264RGB
-static const bool _x264rgb_supp = true;
-#else
-static const bool _x264rgb_supp = false;
-#endif
-
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIGFILE
 static const bool _configfile_supp = true;
 #else
diff --git a/qb/config.libs.sh b/qb/config.libs.sh
index d222f5eb48..d9710d03b7 100644
--- a/qb/config.libs.sh
+++ b/qb/config.libs.sh
@@ -120,10 +120,6 @@ if [ "$HAVE_THREADS" != 'no' ]; then
       check_lib FFMPEG_AVFORMAT_NEW_STREAM "$AVFORMAT_LIBS" avformat_new_stream
       check_lib FFMPEG_AVCODEC_ENCODE_VIDEO2 "$AVCODEC_LIBS" avcodec_encode_video2
    fi
-
-   if [ "$HAVE_FFMPEG" = 'no' ] && [ "$HAVE_X264RGB" = 'yes' ]; then
-      echo "x264 RGB recording is enabled, but FFmpeg is not. --enable-x264rgb will not have any effect."
-   fi
 else
    echo "Not building with threading support. Will skip FFmpeg."
    HAVE_FFMPEG='no'
@@ -148,6 +144,6 @@ check_pkgconf PYTHON python3
 add_define_make OS "$OS"
 
 # Creates config.mk and config.h.
-VARS="ALSA OSS OSS_BSD OSS_LIB AL RSOUND ROAR JACK COREAUDIO PULSE SDL OPENGL DYLIB GETOPT_LONG THREADS CG XML SDL_IMAGE LIBPNG DYNAMIC FFMPEG AVCODEC AVFORMAT AVUTIL SWSCALE CONFIGFILE FREETYPE XVIDEO X11 XEXT NETPLAY NETWORK_CMD STDIN_CMD COMMAND SOCKET_LEGACY FBO STRL PYTHON FFMPEG_ALLOC_CONTEXT3 FFMPEG_AVCODEC_OPEN2 FFMPEG_AVIO_OPEN FFMPEG_AVFORMAT_WRITE_HEADER FFMPEG_AVFORMAT_NEW_STREAM FFMPEG_AVCODEC_ENCODE_AUDIO2 FFMPEG_AVCODEC_ENCODE_VIDEO2 X264RGB SINC FIXED_POINT BSV_MOVIE RPI"
+VARS="ALSA OSS OSS_BSD OSS_LIB AL RSOUND ROAR JACK COREAUDIO PULSE SDL OPENGL DYLIB GETOPT_LONG THREADS CG XML SDL_IMAGE LIBPNG DYNAMIC FFMPEG AVCODEC AVFORMAT AVUTIL SWSCALE CONFIGFILE FREETYPE XVIDEO X11 XEXT NETPLAY NETWORK_CMD STDIN_CMD COMMAND SOCKET_LEGACY FBO STRL PYTHON FFMPEG_ALLOC_CONTEXT3 FFMPEG_AVCODEC_OPEN2 FFMPEG_AVIO_OPEN FFMPEG_AVFORMAT_WRITE_HEADER FFMPEG_AVFORMAT_NEW_STREAM FFMPEG_AVCODEC_ENCODE_AUDIO2 FFMPEG_AVCODEC_ENCODE_VIDEO2 SINC FIXED_POINT BSV_MOVIE RPI"
 create_config_make config.mk $VARS
 create_config_header config.h $VARS
diff --git a/qb/config.params.sh b/qb/config.params.sh
index 02e524d574..fad2e7bcf7 100644
--- a/qb/config.params.sh
+++ b/qb/config.params.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ HAVE_DYNAMIC=yes        # Disable dynamic loading of libretro library
 HAVE_LIBRETRO=          # libretro library used
 HAVE_THREADS=auto       # Threading support
 HAVE_FFMPEG=auto        # Enable FFmpeg recording support
-HAVE_X264RGB=no         # Enable lossless X264 RGB recording
 HAVE_DYLIB=auto         # Enable dynamic loading support
 HAVE_NETPLAY=auto       # Enable netplay support
 HAVE_CONFIGFILE=yes     # Disable support for config file
diff --git a/record/ffemu.c b/record/ffemu.c
index 6e812a5dd2..1bf2241c49 100644
--- a/record/ffemu.c
+++ b/record/ffemu.c
@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@ static bool ffemu_init_audio(struct ff_audio_info *audio, struct ffemu_params *p
 
 static bool ffemu_init_video(struct ff_video_info *video, const struct ffemu_params *param)
 {
-#ifdef HAVE_X264RGB
    AVCodec *codec = NULL;
    if (g_settings.video.h264_record)
    {
@@ -165,9 +164,7 @@ static bool ffemu_init_video(struct ff_video_info *video, const struct ffemu_par
    }
    else
       codec = avcodec_find_encoder_by_name("ffv1");
-#else
-   AVCodec *codec = avcodec_find_encoder_by_name("ffv1");
-#endif
+
    if (!codec)
       return false;
 
@@ -185,11 +182,7 @@ static bool ffemu_init_video(struct ff_video_info *video, const struct ffemu_par
       video->pix_size = sizeof(uint32_t);
    }
 
-#ifdef HAVE_X264RGB
    video->pix_fmt = g_settings.video.h264_record ? PIX_FMT_BGR24 : PIX_FMT_RGB32;
-#else
-   video->pix_fmt = PIX_FMT_RGB32;
-#endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_FFMPEG_ALLOC_CONTEXT3
    video->codec = avcodec_alloc_context3(codec);
@@ -208,7 +201,6 @@ static bool ffemu_init_video(struct ff_video_info *video, const struct ffemu_par
    AVDictionary *opts = NULL;
 #endif
 
-#ifdef HAVE_X264RGB
    if (g_settings.video.h264_record)
    {
       video->codec->thread_count = 3;
@@ -216,9 +208,6 @@ static bool ffemu_init_video(struct ff_video_info *video, const struct ffemu_par
    }
    else
       video->codec->thread_count = 2;
-#else
-   video->codec->thread_count = 2;
-#endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_FFMPEG_AVCODEC_OPEN2
    if (avcodec_open2(video->codec, codec, &opts) != 0)
@@ -298,10 +287,10 @@ static bool ffemu_init_muxer(ffemu_t *handle)
       handle->audio.codec->flags |= CODEC_FLAG_GLOBAL_HEADER;
    handle->muxer.astream = stream;
 
-#ifdef HAVE_X264RGB // Avoids a warning at end about non-monotonically increasing DTS values. It seems to be harmless to disable this.
+   // Avoids a warning at end about non-monotonically increasing DTS values.
+   // It seems to be harmless to disable this.
    if (g_settings.video.h264_record)
       ctx->oformat->flags |= AVFMT_TS_NONSTRICT;
-#endif
 
    av_dict_set(&ctx->metadata, "title", "RetroArch video dump", 0); 
 
diff --git a/retroarch.c b/retroarch.c
index f3e3d2b601..eaa2bbf6c1 100644
--- a/retroarch.c
+++ b/retroarch.c
@@ -506,7 +506,6 @@ static void print_features(void)
    _PSUPP(fbo, "FBO", "OpenGL render-to-texture (multi-pass shaders)");
    _PSUPP(dynamic, "Dynamic", "Dynamic run-time loading of libretro library");
    _PSUPP(ffmpeg, "FFmpeg", "On-the-fly recording of gameplay with libavcodec");
-   _PSUPP(x264rgb, "x264 RGB", "x264 lossless RGB recording for FFmpeg");
    _PSUPP(configfile, "Config file", "Configuration file support");
    _PSUPP(freetype, "FreeType", "TTF font rendering with FreeType");
    _PSUPP(netplay, "Netplay", "Peer-to-peer netplay");