diff --git a/src/SharpEmu.CLI/SharpEmu.CLI.csproj b/src/SharpEmu.CLI/SharpEmu.CLI.csproj
index 7cc497b..b261559 100644
--- a/src/SharpEmu.CLI/SharpEmu.CLI.csproj
+++ b/src/SharpEmu.CLI/SharpEmu.CLI.csproj
@@ -117,67 +117,4 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
     <NativeLibraryFolderName>plugins</NativeLibraryFolderName>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <FfmpegRuntimeTag>3b502d4</FfmpegRuntimeTag>
-    <FfmpegRuntimeDir>
-      $(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)ffmpeg-runtime/$(FfmpegRuntimeTag)/$(RuntimeIdentifier)</FfmpegRuntimeDir>
-    <FfmpegRuntimePackage Condition="'$(RuntimeIdentifier)' == 'win-x64'">ffmpeg-windows-x64.zip</FfmpegRuntimePackage>
-    <FfmpegRuntimePackage Condition="'$(RuntimeIdentifier)' == 'linux-x64'">ffmpeg-linux-x64.zip</FfmpegRuntimePackage>
-    <FfmpegRuntimePackage Condition="'$(RuntimeIdentifier)' == 'osx-x64'">ffmpeg-macos-x64.zip</FfmpegRuntimePackage>
-    <FfmpegRuntimePackage Condition="'$(RuntimeIdentifier)' == 'osx-arm64'">ffmpeg-macos-arm64.zip</FfmpegRuntimePackage>
-    <FfmpegRuntimeArchive>$(FfmpegRuntimeDir)/$(FfmpegRuntimePackage)</FfmpegRuntimeArchive>
-    <FfmpegRuntimeExtractDir>$(FfmpegRuntimeDir)/extracted</FfmpegRuntimeExtractDir>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <Target Name="FetchFfmpegRuntime"
-    BeforeTargets="Publish;Build"
-    Condition="'$(RuntimeIdentifier)' != '' And '$(FfmpegRuntimePackage)' != ''">
-    <DownloadFile
-      SourceUrl="https://github.com/sharpemu/ffmpeg-core/releases/download/$(FfmpegRuntimeTag)/$(FfmpegRuntimePackage)"
-      DestinationFolder="$(FfmpegRuntimeDir)"
-      Condition="!Exists('$(FfmpegRuntimeArchive)')" />
-    <Unzip
-      SourceFiles="$(FfmpegRuntimeArchive)"
-      DestinationFolder="$(FfmpegRuntimeExtractDir)"
-      Condition="!Exists('$(FfmpegRuntimeExtractDir)')" />
-  </Target>
-
-  <Target Name="PublishFfmpegRuntime"
-    AfterTargets="Publish"
-    DependsOnTargets="FetchFfmpegRuntime"
-    Condition="'$(RuntimeIdentifier)' != '' And '$(FfmpegRuntimePackage)' != ''">
-    <!-- Keyed off the target $(RuntimeIdentifier), not the host OS: publishing
-         e.g. linux-x64 from a Windows machine is a supported cross-publish,
-         and the extracted archive's own layout (bin/*.dll vs lib/*.so*) only
-         depends on which platform's ffmpeg-core package was fetched. -->
-    <ItemGroup>
-      <_FfmpegRuntimeFiles Condition="$(RuntimeIdentifier.StartsWith('win'))"
-        Include="$(FfmpegRuntimeExtractDir)/bin/*.dll" />
-      <_FfmpegRuntimeFiles Condition="!$(RuntimeIdentifier.StartsWith('win'))"
-        Include="$(FfmpegRuntimeExtractDir)/lib/*.so;$(FfmpegRuntimeExtractDir)/lib/*.so.*;$(FfmpegRuntimeExtractDir)/lib/*.dylib" />
-    </ItemGroup>
-    <Copy SourceFiles="@(_FfmpegRuntimeFiles)"
-      DestinationFolder="$(PublishDir)$(NativeLibraryFolderName)"
-      SkipUnchangedFiles="true" />
-  </Target>
-
-  <!-- Mirrors PublishFfmpegRuntime for plain `dotnet build`: devs running
-       straight out of the build output directory (no publish step) still
-       need the FFmpeg plugins present, otherwise AvPlayer/Bink video probing
-       throws NotSupportedException the first time a guest opens a movie. -->
-  <Target Name="BuildFfmpegRuntime"
-    AfterTargets="Build"
-    DependsOnTargets="FetchFfmpegRuntime"
-    Condition="'$(RuntimeIdentifier)' != '' And '$(FfmpegRuntimePackage)' != ''">
-    <ItemGroup>
-      <_FfmpegRuntimeFiles Condition="$(RuntimeIdentifier.StartsWith('win'))"
-        Include="$(FfmpegRuntimeExtractDir)/bin/*.dll" />
-      <_FfmpegRuntimeFiles Condition="!$(RuntimeIdentifier.StartsWith('win'))"
-        Include="$(FfmpegRuntimeExtractDir)/lib/*.so;$(FfmpegRuntimeExtractDir)/lib/*.so.*;$(FfmpegRuntimeExtractDir)/lib/*.dylib" />
-    </ItemGroup>
-    <Copy SourceFiles="@(_FfmpegRuntimeFiles)"
-      DestinationFolder="$(OutDir)$(NativeLibraryFolderName)"
-      SkipUnchangedFiles="true" />
-  </Target>
-
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/SharpEmu.GUI/Updater.cs b/src/SharpEmu.GUI/Updater.cs
index 0cb7006..e365928 100644
--- a/src/SharpEmu.GUI/Updater.cs
+++ b/src/SharpEmu.GUI/Updater.cs
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ public static class Updater
 
     public static async Task<UpdateInfo?> CheckAsync(string? currentSha, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
     {
+        // Updates are handled by the system package manager.
+        if (OperatingSystem.IsLinux())
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
         var platform = CurrentPlatform();
         using var timeout = CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(cancellationToken);
         timeout.CancelAfter(CheckTimeout);
diff --git a/src/SharpEmu.HLE/SharpEmu.HLE.csproj b/src/SharpEmu.HLE/SharpEmu.HLE.csproj
index 8932bea..4956d85 100644
--- a/src/SharpEmu.HLE/SharpEmu.HLE.csproj
+++ b/src/SharpEmu.HLE/SharpEmu.HLE.csproj
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
   <PropertyGroup>
     <SharpEmuAerolibNamesFile>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\..\scripts\ps5_names.txt</SharpEmuAerolibNamesFile>
     <SharpEmuAerolibTaskAssembly>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\..\artifacts\bin\$(Configuration)\netstandard2.0\SharpEmu.SourceGenerators.dll</SharpEmuAerolibTaskAssembly>
+    <SharpEmuAerolibTaskAssembly Condition="'$(_CommandLineDefinedOutputPath)' == 'true'">$([MSBuild]::EnsureTrailingSlash('$(OutputPath)'))SharpEmu.SourceGenerators.dll</SharpEmuAerolibTaskAssembly>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <UsingTask TaskName="SharpEmu.SourceGenerators.GenerateAerolibBinaryTask"