diff --git a/package/mpv/Config.in b/package/mpv/Config.in
index fd3a3f787d..812491e3a9 100644
--- a/package/mpv/Config.in
+++ b/package/mpv/Config.in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MPV
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4 # libass
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG_ARCH_SUPPORTS
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 # libass
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9 # C11/stdatomic.h
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV if !BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MPV
 
 	  https://mpv.io/
 
-comment "mpv needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, gcc >= 4.8"
+comment "mpv needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, gcc >= 4.9"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
 		!BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || \
-		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9
diff --git a/package/tovid/Config.in b/package/tovid/Config.in
index a0a6af712f..f972e18852 100644
--- a/package/tovid/Config.in
+++ b/package/tovid/Config.in
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_TOVID
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON || BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG_ARCH_SUPPORTS
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 # mpv
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9 # mpv
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC # mpv
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4 # mpv
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_SYNOPSYS_ARC # mpv
@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_TOVID
 
 	  http://tovid.wikia.com/wiki/Installing_tovid
 
-comment "tovid needs a toolchain w/ threads, C++, wchar, gcc >= 4.8"
+comment "tovid needs a toolchain w/ threads, C++, wchar, gcc >= 4.9"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS \
-		|| !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 \
+		|| !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9 \
 		|| !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP \
 		|| !BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_SYNOPSYS_ARC
@@ -46,5 +46,5 @@ comment "tovid depends on python or python3"
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
-		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_SYNOPSYS_ARC