diff --git a/package/mpv/Config.in b/package/mpv/Config.in
index 6811497d73..8efb353c33 100644
--- a/package/mpv/Config.in
+++ b/package/mpv/Config.in
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MPV
 	bool "mpv"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # libass
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4 # libass
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9 # C11/stdatomic.h
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MPV
 
 	  https://mpv.io/
 
-comment "mpv needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, gcc >= 4.9"
+comment "mpv needs a toolchain w/ C++, NPTL, gcc >= 4.9"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL || \
 		!BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9
diff --git a/package/tovid/Config.in b/package/tovid/Config.in
index 3dbb0e229e..c263acdd62 100644
--- a/package/tovid/Config.in
+++ b/package/tovid/Config.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_TOVID
 	bool "tovid"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL # mpv
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_TOVID
 
 	  http://tovid.wikia.com/wiki/Installing_tovid
 
-comment "tovid needs a toolchain w/ threads, C++, wchar, gcc >= 4.9"
+comment "tovid needs a toolchain w/ NPTL, C++, wchar, gcc >= 4.9"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS \
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL \
 		|| !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9 \
 		|| !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP \
 		|| !BR2_USE_WCHAR
@@ -45,6 +45,6 @@ comment "tovid depends on python3"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_SYNOPSYS_ARC