diff --git a/package/mpd/Config.in b/package/mpd/Config.in
index 65b46df3e3..28962f703a 100644
--- a/package/mpd/Config.in
+++ b/package/mpd/Config.in
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ menuconfig BR2_PACKAGE_MPD
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # libglib2, flac
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libglib2
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # libglib2
-	# sparc & CS powerpc gcc are too old
-	depends on !BR2_sparc
-	depends on !(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_CODESOURCERY_POWERPC201103 || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_CODESOURCERY_POWERPC201009)
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_6
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
@@ -297,9 +295,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MPD_UPNP
 
 endif
 
-comment "mpd needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, wchar"
+comment "mpd needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, wchar, gcc >= 4.6"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_ARCH_SUPPORTS
-	depends on !BR2_sparc
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_USE_WCHAR || \
-		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_6