diff --git chrome/common/chrome_content_client.cc chrome/common/chrome_content_client.cc
index 3c0ce2e2f701..7b078635d3b9 100644
--- chrome/common/chrome_content_client.cc
+++ chrome/common/chrome_content_client.cc
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@
 
 #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