diff --git a/package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad/Config.in b/package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad/Config.in
index 339c6a6a1c..6aa93de548 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad/Config.in
+++ b/package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad/Config.in
@@ -260,13 +260,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_BAD_PLUGIN_CURL
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_BAD_PLUGIN_DIRECTFB
 	bool "directfb"
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_DIRECTFB
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
-	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_5 # directfb
-
-comment "directfb needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, gcc >= 4.5"
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_5
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_DIRECTFB
+	default y
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_BAD_PLUGIN_DVB
 	bool "dvb"