diff --git a/base/comps/webkitgtk/webkitgtk.comp.toml b/base/comps/webkitgtk/webkitgtk.comp.toml
index fd3dc5f9dd5..27c35acbd3b 100644
--- a/base/comps/webkitgtk/webkitgtk.comp.toml
+++ b/base/comps/webkitgtk/webkitgtk.comp.toml
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@
 # gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free is not shipped in AZL.  WebKitGTK only
 # soft-recommends it for optional codec support; removing the Recommends
 # prevents package managers from trying to pull in a non-existent package.
+# The hard BuildRequires on pkgconfig(gstreamer-plugins-bad-1.0) in the
+# Fedora spec is vestigial — under default cmake options the WebKitGTK
+# 2.50 sources do not actually #include any gst-plugins-bad headers
+# (gst-bad is only reached via GSTREAMER_MPEGTS / GSTREAMER_WEBRTC /
+# LIBWEBRTC code paths, all of which default OFF for the GTK port).
+# Removing just the BR is therefore sufficient to unblock the build
+# without changing any runtime feature surface (MSE/EME stay at their
+# upstream defaults).
 
 [components.webkitgtk]
 
@@ -15,7 +23,13 @@ tag = "BuildRequires"
 value = "pkgconfig(libavif)"
 
 [[components.webkitgtk.overlays]]
-description = "Disable avif support in WebKitGTK cmake builds"
+description = "Remove gstreamer-plugins-bad-1.0 BuildRequires (gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free not shipped in AZL; vestigial in upstream spec, no gst-bad headers are #included under default cmake options)"
+type = "spec-remove-tag"
+tag = "BuildRequires"
+value = "pkgconfig(gstreamer-plugins-bad-1.0)"
+
+[[components.webkitgtk.overlays]]
+description = "Disable avif support in WebKitGTK cmake builds (libavif not available in AZL)"
 type = "spec-search-replace"
 section = "%build"
 regex = '%cmake \\'
diff --git a/locks/webkitgtk.lock b/locks/webkitgtk.lock
index 45b3a82c8c2..7d31bf74c2c 100644
--- a/locks/webkitgtk.lock
+++ b/locks/webkitgtk.lock
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 version = 1
 import-commit = '1a9da7e82122526bd080d6c83afea2cf5a7d083d'
 upstream-commit = '1a9da7e82122526bd080d6c83afea2cf5a7d083d'
-input-fingerprint = 'sha256:be1846a272a139b429ffe3d470467a4400821eba81b3368a3609f552ebfdb971'
+input-fingerprint = 'sha256:0e8ddb60325dc8f6b3ceda610c26a3502bebcb13ae691a10776c01eddc017f11'
 resolution-input-hash = 'sha256:466421704711c4fd3c71f0b2ed715a0e61d49e3e26f3a2637fee755795849c8e'
diff --git a/specs/w/webkitgtk/webkitgtk.spec b/specs/w/webkitgtk/webkitgtk.spec
index 0fdd17c7ba1..7dde64ee576 100644
--- a/specs/w/webkitgtk/webkitgtk.spec
+++ b/specs/w/webkitgtk/webkitgtk.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ## (rpmautospec version 0.8.3)
 ## RPMAUTOSPEC: autorelease, autochangelog
 %define autorelease(e:s:pb:n) %{?-p:0.}%{lua:
-    release_number = 4;
+    release_number = 5;
     base_release_number = tonumber(rpm.expand("%{?-b*}%{!?-b:1}"));
     print(release_number + base_release_number - 1);
 }%{?-e:.%{-e*}}%{?-s:.%{-s*}}%{!?-n:%{?dist}}
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gbm)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(glib-2.0)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gobject-introspection-1.0)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gstreamer-1.0)
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gstreamer-plugins-bad-1.0)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gstreamer-plugins-base-1.0)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gtk+-3.0)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gtk4)
@@ -470,6 +469,9 @@ export NINJA_STATUS="[2/2][%f/%t %es] "
 
 %changelog
 ## START: Generated by rpmautospec
+* Sun May 24 2026 Chris Co <chrco@microsoft.com> - 2.50.5-5
+- fix(webkitgtk): drop vestigial gstreamer-plugins-bad BR
+
 * Thu May 21 2026 Chris Co <chrco@microsoft.com> - 2.50.5-4
 - fix(webkitgtk): remove Recommends on gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free