diff --git a/package/valgrind/Config.in b/package/valgrind/Config.in
index 253555ba48..b7521b0217 100644
--- a/package/valgrind/Config.in
+++ b/package/valgrind/Config.in
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_VALGRIND
 	bool "valgrind"
-	depends on BR2_i386 || BR2_x86_64 || BR2_cortex_a5 || \
-		   BR2_cortex_a7 || BR2_cortex_a8 || BR2_cortex_a9 || \
-		   BR2_cortex_a12 || BR2_cortex_a15 || BR2_powerpc || \
-		   BR2_mips || BR2_mipsel || BR2_mips64 || BR2_mips64el
+	depends on BR2_i386 || BR2_x86_64 || BR2_ARM_CPU_ARMV7A || \
+		   BR2_powerpc || BR2_mips || BR2_mipsel || BR2_mips64 || \
+		   BR2_mips64el
 	help
 	  Tool for debugging and profiling Linux programs.
 
diff --git a/package/valgrind/valgrind.mk b/package/valgrind/valgrind.mk
index 9b799410a1..b65e0488f2 100644
--- a/package/valgrind/valgrind.mk
+++ b/package/valgrind/valgrind.mk
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ VALGRIND_AUTORECONF = YES
 # host tuple to determine whether it's being built for ARMv7 or
 # not. Therefore, we adjust the host tuple to specify we're on
 # ARMv7. The valgrind package is guaranteed, through Config.in, to
-# only be selected on Cortex A8 and Cortex A9 platforms.
-ifeq ($(BR2_cortex_a5)$(BR2_cortex_a7)$(BR2_cortex_a8)$(BR2_cortex_a9)$(BR2_cortex_a12)$(BR2_cortex_a15),y)
+# only be selected on ARMv7-A platforms.
+ifeq ($(BR2_ARM_CPU_ARMV7A),y)
 VALGRIND_CONF_OPTS += \
 	--host=$(patsubst arm-%,armv7-%,$(GNU_TARGET_NAME))
 endif