diff --git chrome/common/chrome_content_client.cc chrome/common/chrome_content_client.cc
index 8171be4d4249..1d437dabd35e 100644
--- chrome/common/chrome_content_client.cc
+++ chrome/common/chrome_content_client.cc
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@
 
 #if BUILDFLAG(ENABLE_LIBRARY_CDMS)
 #include "media/cdm/cdm_paths.h"  // nogncheck
-#if defined(WIDEVINE_CDM_AVAILABLE) && !defined(WIDEVINE_CDM_IS_COMPONENT)
+#if defined(WIDEVINE_CDM_AVAILABLE) && !defined(WIDEVINE_CDM_IS_COMPONENT) && \
+    defined(WIDEVINE_CDM_VERSION_STRING)
 #define WIDEVINE_CDM_AVAILABLE_NOT_COMPONENT
 #include "chrome/common/widevine_cdm_constants.h"
 #endif