diff --git a/package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-base/Config.in b/package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-base/Config.in
index ccc88f7cd8..8ececea5ad 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-base/Config.in
+++ b/package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-base/Config.in
@@ -84,15 +84,13 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_BASE_PLUGIN_OGG
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_BASE_PLUGIN_PANGO
 	bool "pango font renderer"
-	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # pango -> libglib2
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # pango -> libglib2
-	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # pango -> glib2
+	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # pango -> freetype
+	depends on BR2_ARCH_HAS_ATOMICS # pango -> cairo
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PANGO
 
-comment "pango plugin needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, threads"
-	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_USE_WCHAR || \
-		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+comment "pango plugin needs a toolchain w/ C++"
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on BR2_ARCH_HAS_ATOMICS
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_BASE_PLUGIN_THEORA
 	bool "theora (*.ogg video)"