diff --git a/libmat2/bubblewrap.py b/libmat2/bubblewrap.py
index b859cf7dfb43e04da156ca99f89b7b35c58a2e1d..38e8be137613785c0dcf685983411b96a67eb7f5 100644
--- a/libmat2/bubblewrap.py
+++ b/libmat2/bubblewrap.py
@@ -23,14 +23,9 @@ CalledProcessError = subprocess.CalledProcessError
 
 def _get_bwrap_path() -> str:
     which_path = shutil.which('bwrap')
-    if which_path is not None and os.access(which_path, os.X_OK):
+    if which_path is not None:
         return which_path
 
-    bwrap_path = '/usr/bin/bwrap'
-    if os.path.isfile(bwrap_path):
-        if os.access(bwrap_path, os.X_OK):
-            return bwrap_path
-
     raise RuntimeError("Unable to find bwrap")  # pragma: no cover
 
 
diff --git a/libmat2/exiftool.py b/libmat2/exiftool.py
index 091213a98b0596d390c54e492823e5e8de94d6fb..85fe65ef0ee2da2c36419390814f705e241a2247 100644
--- a/libmat2/exiftool.py
+++ b/libmat2/exiftool.py
@@ -73,17 +73,7 @@ class ExiftoolParser(abstract.AbstractParser):
 @functools.lru_cache()
 def _get_exiftool_path() -> str:  # pragma: no cover
     which_path = shutil.which('exiftool')
-    if which_path is not None and os.access(which_path, os.X_OK):
+    if which_path is not None:
         return which_path
 
-    possible_pathes = {
-        '/usr/bin/exiftool',              # debian/fedora
-        '/usr/bin/vendor_perl/exiftool',  # archlinux
-    }
-
-    for possible_path in possible_pathes:
-        if os.path.isfile(possible_path):
-            if os.access(possible_path, os.X_OK):
-                return possible_path
-
     raise RuntimeError("Unable to find exiftool")
diff --git a/libmat2/video.py b/libmat2/video.py
index f513e61b249c920c4b1d1ea46bceedb66982af91..67f401683e17effb00113bc68db68a09db527994 100644
--- a/libmat2/video.py
+++ b/libmat2/video.py
@@ -139,12 +139,7 @@ class MP4Parser(AbstractFFmpegParser):
 @functools.lru_cache()
 def _get_ffmpeg_path() -> str:  # pragma: no cover
     which_path = shutil.which('ffmpeg')
-    if which_path is not None and os.access(which_path, os.X_OK):
+    if which_path is not None:
         return which_path
 
-    ffmpeg_path = '/usr/bin/ffmpeg'
-    if os.path.isfile(ffmpeg_path):
-        if os.access(ffmpeg_path, os.X_OK):
-            return ffmpeg_path
-
     raise RuntimeError("Unable to find ffmpeg")