Can't update because `linux-firmware-nvidia` but I don't have any nvidia devices

How to fix?

$ sudo pacman -Syu
...
Total Installed Size:  2517.21 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:        79.61 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
(121/121) checking keys in keyring                        [------------------------------] 100%
(121/121) checking package integrity                      [------------------------------] 100%
(121/121) loading package files                           [------------------------------] 100%
(121/121) checking for file conflicts                     [------------------------------] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
linux-firmware-nvidia: /usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/ad103 exists in filesystem
linux-firmware-nvidia: /usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/ad104 exists in filesystem
linux-firmware-nvidia: /usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/ad106 exists in filesystem
linux-firmware-nvidia: /usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/ad107 exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
$

I tried to remove nvidia packages but they’re in use by ffmpeg and others.

$ pacman -Qs nvidia

local/libvdpau 1.5-3
    Nvidia VDPAU library
local/libxnvctrl 575.64-1
    NVIDIA NV-CONTROL X extension
Operating System: EndeavourOS 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.15.0
Qt Version: 6.9.1
Kernel Version: 6.15.2-arch1-1 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 6-Core Processor
Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (30.5 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor 1: AMD Radeon RX 580 Series
Graphics Processor 2: AMD Radeon Graphics
Manufacturer: ASUS

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