diff --git a/wolf/CMakeLists.txt b/wolf/CMakeLists.txt
index 52a2e3f01..a3924a9e5 100644
--- a/wolf/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/wolf/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ option(WOLF_SYSTEM_STACKTRACE "Enable boost stacktrace" OFF)
 option(WOLF_SYSTEM_POSTGRESQL "Enable postgresql database client" OFF)
 
 # machine learing modules
-option(WOLF_ML_OCR "Enable machine learning referee ocr" ON)
+option(WOLF_ML_OCR "Enable machine learning referee ocr" OFF)
 option(WOLF_ML_NUDITY_DETECTION "Enable machine learning nudity detection" OFF)
 
 #option(WOLF_ENABLE_LTO "Enable cross language linking time optimization" OFF)
diff --git a/wolf/media/ffmpeg/w_av_frame.hpp b/wolf/media/ffmpeg/w_av_frame.hpp
index 6d22c0499..8e924d1b9 100644
--- a/wolf/media/ffmpeg/w_av_frame.hpp
+++ b/wolf/media/ffmpeg/w_av_frame.hpp
@@ -130,8 +130,6 @@ class w_av_frame {
    */
   W_API w_av_config get_config() const noexcept;
 
-#ifdef WOLF_MEDIA_STB
-
   /**
    * create w_av_frame from image file path
    * @returns the AVFrame
@@ -152,8 +150,6 @@ class w_av_frame {
   save_to_img_file(_In_ const std::filesystem::path &p_path,
                    int p_quality = 100);
 
-#endif
-
 private:
   // copy constructor.
   w_av_frame(const w_av_frame &) = delete;