diff --git a/package/i2pd/Config.in b/package/i2pd/Config.in
index cb6f7894ea..fc2f3b9367 100644
--- a/package/i2pd/Config.in
+++ b/package/i2pd/Config.in
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_I2PD
 	bool "i2pd"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_8 # string_view
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC
 	# pthread_condattr_setclock
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_SUPPORTS_ALWAYS_LOCKFREE_ATOMIC_INTS # boost-filesystem
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # boost
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_GCC_BUG_64735 # exception_ptr
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_FILESYSTEM
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_PROGRAM_OPTIONS
@@ -24,15 +24,10 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_I2PD
 
 	  http://i2pd.website
 
-comment "i2pd needs a toolchain w/ C++, NPTL, wchar"
+comment "i2pd needs a toolchain w/ C++, gcc >= 8, NPTL, wchar"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_SUPPORTS_ALWAYS_LOCKFREE_ATOMIC_INTS
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_8 || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL || !BR2_USE_WCHAR
-
-comment "i2pd needs exception_ptr"
-	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_SUPPORTS_ALWAYS_LOCKFREE_ATOMIC_INTS
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_GCC_BUG_64735