diff --git a/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg.c b/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg.c
index 1109c06ca..30f30bd02 100644
--- a/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg.c
+++ b/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg.c
@@ -116,8 +116,6 @@ cleanup:
 	destroy_log_context(log_context);
 }
 
-static const char *nvenc_check_name = "nvenc_check";
-
 static bool nvenc_supported(void)
 {
 	AVCodec *nvenc = avcodec_find_encoder_by_name("nvenc_h264");
@@ -135,35 +133,8 @@ static bool nvenc_supported(void)
 #else
 	lib = os_dlopen("libnvidia-encode.so.1");
 #endif
-	if (!lib)
-		return false;
-
 	os_dlclose(lib);
-
-	bool success = false;
-	profile_start(nvenc_check_name);
-
-	AVCodecContext *context = avcodec_alloc_context3(nvenc);
-	if (!context)
-		goto cleanup;
-
-	context->bit_rate = 5000;
-	context->width = 640;
-	context->height = 480;
-	context->time_base = (AVRational) { 1, 25 };
-	context->pix_fmt = AV_PIX_FMT_YUV420P;
-
-	if (avcodec_open2(context, nvenc, NULL) < 0)
-		goto cleanup;
-
-	success = true;
-
-cleanup:
-	if (context)
-		avcodec_free_context(&context);
-
-	profile_end(nvenc_check_name);
-	return success;
+	return !!lib;
 }
 
 bool obs_module_load(void)