diff --git a/package/ply/Config.in b/package/ply/Config.in
index 16f5f8a267..0500e7883f 100644
--- a/package/ply/Config.in
+++ b/package/ply/Config.in
@@ -5,11 +5,10 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PLY_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	default y if BR2_powerpc
 	default y if BR2_x86_64
 
-comment "ply needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library"
+comment "ply needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library, headers >= 4.14"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PLY_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_4_14 # BPF_JLT
-	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_4_14 || BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PLY
 	bool "ply"