diff --git a/package/rt-tests/Config.in b/package/rt-tests/Config.in
index 58a88a8af1..461e6de6e8 100644
--- a/package/rt-tests/Config.in
+++ b/package/rt-tests/Config.in
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_RT_TESTS
 	bool "rt-tests"
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
-	# priority-inheritance mutex needs NPTL
-	depends on !BR2_PTHREADS && !BR2_PTHREADS_OLD
-	# no NPTL for these archs
-	depends on !BR2_avr32 && !BR2_xtensa && !BR2_arc
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL
 	help
 	  Set of utilities for testing the real-time behaviour of a
 	  Linux system.
@@ -23,7 +19,5 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_RT_TESTS
 
 	  http://rt.wiki.kernel.org
 
-comment "rt-tests needs a toolchain w/ threads"
-	depends on !BR2_PTHREADS && !BR2_PTHREADS_OLD
-	depends on !BR2_avr32 && !BR2_xtensa && !BR2_arc
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+comment "rt-tests needs a toolchain w/ NPTL"
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL