diff --git a/src/controllers/dashboard/encodingsettings.html b/src/controllers/dashboard/encodingsettings.html
index c9dac5e44b..475eb19737 100644
--- a/src/controllers/dashboard/encodingsettings.html
+++ b/src/controllers/dashboard/encodingsettings.html
@@ -251,9 +251,8 @@
                 <div class="inputContainer fldEncoderPath">
                     <div style="display: flex; align-items: center;">
                         <div style="flex-grow:1;">
-                            <input is="emby-input" class="txtEncoderPath" label="${LabelffmpegPath}" autocomplete="off" dir="ltr" />
+                            <input is="emby-input" class="txtEncoderPath" label="${LabelffmpegPath}" autocomplete="off" dir="ltr" disabled/>
                         </div>
-                        <button type="button" is="paper-icon-button-light" id="btnSelectEncoderPath" class="emby-input-iconbutton"><span class="material-icons search" aria-hidden="true"></span></button>
                     </div>
                     <div class="fieldDescription">
                         <div>${LabelffmpegPathHelp}</div>
diff --git a/src/controllers/dashboard/encodingsettings.js b/src/controllers/dashboard/encodingsettings.js
index 6e254ced46..aa7e267cac 100644
--- a/src/controllers/dashboard/encodingsettings.js
+++ b/src/controllers/dashboard/encodingsettings.js
@@ -259,21 +259,6 @@ $(document).on('pageinit', '#encodingSettingsPage', function () {
 
         setDecodingCodecsVisible(page, this.value);
     });
-    $('#btnSelectEncoderPath', page).on('click.selectDirectory', function () {
-        import('../../components/directorybrowser/directorybrowser').then(({ default: DirectoryBrowser }) => {
-            const picker = new DirectoryBrowser();
-            picker.show({
-                includeFiles: true,
-                callback: function (path) {
-                    if (path) {
-                        $('.txtEncoderPath', page).val(path);
-                    }
-
-                    picker.close();
-                }
-            });
-        });
-    });
     $('#btnSelectTranscodingTempPath', page).on('click.selectDirectory', function () {
         import('../../components/directorybrowser/directorybrowser').then(({ default: DirectoryBrowser }) => {
             const picker = new DirectoryBrowser();