diff --git a/package/mpv/Config.in b/package/mpv/Config.in
index 32910f2245..697ad57ba6 100644
--- a/package/mpv/Config.in
+++ b/package/mpv/Config.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MPV
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_5
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_8
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV if !BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG_SWSCALE
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MPV
 
 comment "mpv needs a toolchain w/ threads, gcc >= 4.5"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG_ARCH_SUPPORTS
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_8
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_5
diff --git a/package/tovid/Config.in b/package/tovid/Config.in
index d5b7a28314..f4ddcfa4a0 100644
--- a/package/tovid/Config.in
+++ b/package/tovid/Config.in
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_TOVID
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON || BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_5 # mpv
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_8 # mpv
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC # mpv
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_SYNOPSYS_ARC # mpv
 	# The below dependencies are runtime dependencies only
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS # procps_ng
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_TOVID
 comment "tovid needs a toolchain w/ threads, C++, wchar, gcc >= 4.5"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG_ARCH_SUPPORTS
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_8
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS \
 		|| !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_5 \
 		|| !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP \
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ comment "tovid needs a toolchain w/ threads, C++, wchar, gcc >= 4.5"
 comment "tovid depends on python or python3"
 	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON && !BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG_ARCH_SUPPORTS
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_8
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_5
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_SYNOPSYS_ARC