diff --git a/source/gameengine/Ketsji/KX_PythonInit.cpp b/source/gameengine/Ketsji/KX_PythonInit.cpp
index 5fe62a0e220..7327b9c08ff 100644
--- a/source/gameengine/Ketsji/KX_PythonInit.cpp
+++ b/source/gameengine/Ketsji/KX_PythonInit.cpp
@@ -1989,10 +1989,7 @@ void setupGamePython(KX_KetsjiEngine* ketsjiengine, KX_Scene* startscene, Main *
 	initGeometry();
 	initBGL();
 	initBLF();
-
-#ifdef WITH_FFMPEG
 	initVideoTexture();
-#endif
 
 	/* could be done a lot more nicely, but for now a quick way to get bge.* working */
 	PyRun_SimpleString("__import__('sys').modules['bge']=[mod for mod in (type(__builtins__)('bge'), ) if mod.__dict__.update({'logic':__import__('GameLogic'), 'render':__import__('Rasterizer'), 'events':__import__('GameKeys'), 'constraints':__import__('PhysicsConstraints'), 'types':__import__('GameTypes')}) is None][0]");