diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_mtools.py b/support/testing/tests/package/test_mtools.py
index 51e5138481..4a232bc926 100644
--- a/support/testing/tests/package/test_mtools.py
+++ b/support/testing/tests/package/test_mtools.py
@@ -4,14 +4,8 @@ import infra.basetest
 
 
 class TestMtools(infra.basetest.BRTest):
-    # We use a glibc toolchain to have iconv conversion working for
-    # codepage 850.
-    config = \
+    config = infra.basetest.BASIC_TOOLCHAIN_CONFIG + \
         """
-        BR2_arm=y
-        BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL=y
-        BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_BOOTLIN=y
-        BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_BOOTLIN_ARMV5_EABI_GLIBC_STABLE=y
         BR2_PACKAGE_MTOOLS=y
         BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO=y
         # BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set