diff --git a/package/python-numpy/0001-Don-t-use-fenv.h-on-uClibc.patch b/package/python-numpy/0001-Don-t-use-fenv.h-on-uClibc.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b3937a1ba..0000000000
--- a/package/python-numpy/0001-Don-t-use-fenv.h-on-uClibc.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-From 52b47439d17463304e5bd7974dec17ced0b0f24a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice@gmail.com>
-Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2019 10:38:27 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] Don't use <fenv.h> on uClibc
-
-Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
-Signed-off-by: Alexey Brodkin <abrodkin@synopsys.com>
-Signed-off-by: Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice@gmail.com>
-[Upstream status: https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/13137]
----
- numpy/core/src/npymath/ieee754.c.src | 3 ++-
- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/numpy/core/src/npymath/ieee754.c.src b/numpy/core/src/npymath/ieee754.c.src
-index d960838c8..f3f15f841 100644
---- a/numpy/core/src/npymath/ieee754.c.src
-+++ b/numpy/core/src/npymath/ieee754.c.src
-@@ -681,7 +681,8 @@ void npy_set_floatstatus_invalid(void)
-     fp_raise_xcp(FP_INVALID);
- }
- 
--#elif defined(_MSC_VER) || (defined(__osf__) && defined(__alpha))
-+#elif defined(_MSC_VER) || (defined(__osf__) && defined(__alpha)) || \
-+      defined (__UCLIBC__)
- 
- /*
-  * By using a volatile floating point value,
--- 
-2.14.1
-
diff --git a/package/python-numpy/0002-FIX-no-FPU-exceptions-bits-on-ARC-glibc.patch b/package/python-numpy/0002-FIX-no-FPU-exceptions-bits-on-ARC-glibc.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ece52118d7..0000000000
--- a/package/python-numpy/0002-FIX-no-FPU-exceptions-bits-on-ARC-glibc.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-From 1125f1ee33324bc91b4e8dd9da49163af572d04a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice@gmail.com>
-Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2019 10:48:25 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] FIX: no FPU exceptions bits on ARC glibc
-
-The FPU exceptions bits are missing in fenv.h in glibc for ARC
-architecture.
-
-Signed-off-by: Evgeniy Didin <Evgeniy.Didin@synopsys.com>
-Signed-off-by: Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice@gmail.com>
-[Upstream status: https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/13137]
----
- numpy/core/src/npymath/ieee754.c.src | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/numpy/core/src/npymath/ieee754.c.src b/numpy/core/src/npymath/ieee754.c.src
-index f3f15f841..3f66b24a4 100644
---- a/numpy/core/src/npymath/ieee754.c.src
-+++ b/numpy/core/src/npymath/ieee754.c.src
-@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ void npy_set_floatstatus_invalid(void)
- }
- 
- #elif defined(_MSC_VER) || (defined(__osf__) && defined(__alpha)) || \
--      defined (__UCLIBC__)
-+      defined (__UCLIBC__) || (defined(__arc__) && defined(__GLIBC__))
- 
- /*
-  * By using a volatile floating point value,
--- 
-2.14.1
-
diff --git a/package/python-numpy/Config.in b/package/python-numpy/Config.in
index c337675ceb..5b9ee5803b 100644
--- a/package/python-numpy/Config.in
+++ b/package/python-numpy/Config.in
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_NUMPY_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_NUMPY
 	bool "python-numpy"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_NUMPY_ARCH_SUPPORTS
+	# python-numpy needs fenv.h which is not provided by uclibc
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_MUSL
 	help
 	  NumPy is the fundamental package for scientific computing
 	  with Python.
@@ -24,3 +26,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_NUMPY
 	  C library.
 
 	  http://www.numpy.org/
+
+comment "python-numpy needs glibc or musl"
+	depends on !(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_MUSL)