diff --git a/package/boost/Config.in b/package/boost/Config.in
index d9ce841a92..6813ad80ae 100644
--- a/package/boost/Config.in
+++ b/package/boost/Config.in
@@ -140,8 +140,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_FIBER
 	# mips support uses the "pause" instruction, only available
 	# since mips32r2/mips64r2.
 	depends on !BR2_MIPS_CPU_MIPS32 && !BR2_MIPS_CPU_MIPS64
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_SUPPORTS_ALWAYS_LOCKFREE_ATOMIC_INTS \
-		|| BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_6 # boost-context -> boost-thread
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_SUPPORTS_ALWAYS_LOCKFREE_ATOMIC_INTS # boost-filesystem
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_GCC_BUG_64735 # boost-context
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_CONTEXT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_FILESYSTEM
@@ -151,8 +150,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_FIBER
 
 comment "boost-fiber needs a toolchain w/ NPTL"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_CONTEXT_ARCH_SUPPORTS
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_SUPPORTS_ALWAYS_LOCKFREE_ATOMIC_INTS \
-		|| BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_6
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_SUPPORTS_ALWAYS_LOCKFREE_ATOMIC_INTS
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL
 
 comment "boost-fiber needs a toolchain not affected by GCC bug 64735"