diff --git a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-good/Config.in b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-good/Config.in
index 3cf227b78d..6a738faa00 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-good/Config.in
+++ b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-good/Config.in
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_GOOD_PLUGIN_TWOLAME
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_GOOD_PLUGIN_VPX
 	bool "vpx (webm)"
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libvpx
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL # libvpx
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBVPX
 	help
 	  VP8 plugin
diff --git a/package/libvpx/Config.in b/package/libvpx/Config.in
index 6b0400c0a2..f0fb69115e 100644
--- a/package/libvpx/Config.in
+++ b/package/libvpx/Config.in
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBVPX
 	bool "libvpx"
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL # pthread_setname_np()
 	help
 	  A high-quality, open video format that's freely available to
 	  everyone. Supports the VP8 and VP9 formats.
 
 	  http://webmproject.org
 
-comment "libvpx needs a toolchain w/ threads"
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+comment "libvpx needs a toolchain w/ NPTL"
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL
diff --git a/package/qt5/qt5webengine/Config.in b/package/qt5/qt5webengine/Config.in
index 28786bd2c8..6179591399 100644
--- a/package/qt5/qt5webengine/Config.in
+++ b/package/qt5/qt5webengine/Config.in
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_QT5WEBENGINE
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_QT5WEBENGINE_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC # execinfo.h, mallinfo
 	depends on BR2_HOST_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9 # qt5base-icu
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libglib2, libvpx, qt5base-dbus
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL # libvpx
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # libglib2
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_QT5_GL_AVAILABLE # qt5declarative, qt5base-eglfs
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBEGL # qt5base-eglfs