diff --git a/package/assimp/Config.in b/package/assimp/Config.in
index 5ffb50cd79..4bddb3598d 100644
--- a/package/assimp/Config.in
+++ b/package/assimp/Config.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_ASSIMP
 	bool "assimp"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_GCC_BUG_64735 # exception_ptr
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB_FORCE_LIBZLIB
 	help
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_ASSIMP
 
 	  http://www.assimp.org
 
-comment "assimp needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar"
-	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_USE_WCHAR
-
-comment "assimp needs exception_ptr"
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_GCC_BUG_64735
+comment "assimp needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, gcc >= 7"
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_USE_WCHAR \
+		|| !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7