diff --git a/sys/nvcodec/gstnvbaseenc.c b/sys/nvcodec/gstnvbaseenc.c
index fe2cfc7770..0789172f76 100644
--- a/sys/nvcodec/gstnvbaseenc.c
+++ b/sys/nvcodec/gstnvbaseenc.c
@@ -31,13 +31,6 @@
 
 #if HAVE_NVCODEC_GST_GL
 #include <gst/gl/gl.h>
-/* missing headers in old cudaGL.h */
-#ifdef __APPLE__
-#include <OpenGL/gl.h>
-#else
-#include <GL/gl.h>
-#endif
-#include <cudaGL.h>
 #endif
 
 /* TODO:
diff --git a/sys/nvcodec/gstnvdec.h b/sys/nvcodec/gstnvdec.h
index 71f8a689a7..ccc5727e91 100644
--- a/sys/nvcodec/gstnvdec.h
+++ b/sys/nvcodec/gstnvdec.h
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 #include <gst/gl/gstglfuncs.h>
 #include "gstcuvidloader.h"
 #include "gstcudaloader.h"
-#include <cudaGL.h>
 
 G_BEGIN_DECLS
 
diff --git a/sys/nvcodec/meson.build b/sys/nvcodec/meson.build
index 9d2bf0fe06..05b7ae11e7 100644
--- a/sys/nvcodec/meson.build
+++ b/sys/nvcodec/meson.build
@@ -77,18 +77,6 @@ if not cuda_header_dep.found()
 endif
 
 if gstgl_dep.found()
-  if cuda_dep.found()
-    if cc.has_header('cudaGL.h', dependencies: cuda_dep)
-      use_nvcodec_gl = true
-    endif
-  else
-    if cc.has_header('cudaGL.h', args: '-I' + cuda_incdir)
-      use_nvcodec_gl = true
-    endif
-  endif
-endif
-
-if use_nvcodec_gl
   # FIXME: make nvdec usable without OpenGL dependency
   nvcodec_sources += nvdec_sources
   extra_c_args += ['-DHAVE_NVCODEC_GST_GL=1']