diff --git a/package/libpfm4/Config.in b/package/libpfm4/Config.in
index 86ca8f6b2b..441c6dee09 100644
--- a/package/libpfm4/Config.in
+++ b/package/libpfm4/Config.in
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPFM4
 	bool "libpfm4"
-	depends on !BR2_avr32 # no perf_event_open
-	depends on !BR2_xtensa && !BR2_bfin # no nptl or linuxthreads (new)
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL
 	help
 	  A helper library to help encode Performance Events to use with
 	  Operating system kernels performance monitoring interfaces.
 
 	  http://perfmon2.sourceforge.net/
 
-comment "libpfm4 needs a toolchain w/ threads"
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
-	depends on !BR2_avr32 && !BR2_xtensa && !BR2_bfin
+comment "libpfm4 needs a toolchain w/ NPTL"
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL