diff --git a/package/thrift/Config.in b/package/thrift/Config.in
index b9960f81c7..54ca9b8538 100644
--- a/package/thrift/Config.in
+++ b/package/thrift/Config.in
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_THRIFT
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
-	depends on BR2_ARCH_HAS_ATOMICS
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBEVENT
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_THRIFT
 	  http://thrift.apache.org/
 
 comment "thrift needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, threads"
-	depends on BR2_ARCH_HAS_ATOMICS
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP