diff --git a/package/vlc/Config.in b/package/vlc/Config.in
index 166e7d256a..78023fb500 100644
--- a/package/vlc/Config.in
+++ b/package/vlc/Config.in
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_VLC
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_7
+	# ARC toolchain issue
+	depends on !BR2_arc
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBVORBIS if BR2_PACKAGE_OPUS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_VLC_OPENCV_BACKEND if BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_VLC_OPENCV3_BACKEND if BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV3
@@ -34,5 +36,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_VLC_OPENCV3_BACKEND
 
 comment "vlc needs a toolchain w/ C++, dynamic library, wchar, threads, headers >= 3.7"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
+	depends on !BR2_arc
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_USE_WCHAR \
 		|| !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_7