diff --git a/package/tpm-tools/Config.in b/package/tpm-tools/Config.in
index dd59aaaf49..83b65f3ae4 100644
--- a/package/tpm-tools/Config.in
+++ b/package/tpm-tools/Config.in
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_TPM_TOOLS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # trousers
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # trousers
+	depends on !BR2_arc # trousers
 	help
 	  Tools to manage and diagnose a TPM
 
@@ -12,3 +13,4 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_TPM_TOOLS
 
 comment "tpm-tools needs a toolchain w/ threads, dynamic library"
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+	depends on !BR2_arc
diff --git a/package/trousers/Config.in b/package/trousers/Config.in
index 6ab74bf9a5..11ab874f00 100644
--- a/package/trousers/Config.in
+++ b/package/trousers/Config.in
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_TROUSERS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	# doesn't build properly in static only configurations
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+	# broken toolchain
+	depends on !BR2_arc
 	help
 	  The open-source TCG Software Stack (TSS).
 
@@ -16,3 +18,4 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_TROUSERS
 
 comment "trousers needs a toolchain w/ threads, dynamic library"
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+	depends on !BR2_arc