diff --git a/package/gdb/Config.in b/package/gdb/Config.in
index 9a71c008a0..55c1b194ce 100644
--- a/package/gdb/Config.in
+++ b/package/gdb/Config.in
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GDB
 	# one from the external toolchain should be used.
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_GDB_SERVER if \
 		(!BR2_PACKAGE_GDB_DEBUGGER && !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GDB_SERVER_COPY)
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 || !BR2_PACKAGE_GDB_NEEDS_CXX11
-	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_PACKAGE_GDB_NEEDS_CXX11
 	help
 	  GDB, the GNU Project debugger, allows you to see what is
 	  going on `inside' another program while it executes -- or