diff --git a/package/rt-tests/Config.in b/package/rt-tests/Config.in
index ff4284e369..89406688e2 100644
--- a/package/rt-tests/Config.in
+++ b/package/rt-tests/Config.in
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_RT_TESTS
 	# no NPTL for these archs
 	depends on !BR2_avr32 && !BR2_xtensa && !BR2_arc && !BR2_bfin
 	# no _tid field in 'struct sigevent'
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC if (BR2_mips || BR2_mipsel || \
-		BR2_mips64 || BR2_mips64el)
+	depends on !(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC && (BR2_mips || BR2_mipsel || \
+		BR2_mips64 || BR2_mips64el))
 	help
 	  Set of utilities for testing the real-time behaviour of a
 	  Linux system.
@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@ comment "rt-tests needs a toolchain w/ threads"
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 
 comment "rt-tests needs an (e)glibc toolchain"
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC if (BR2_mips || BR2_mipsel || \
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC && (BR2_mips || BR2_mipsel || \
 		BR2_mips64 || BR2_mips64el)