diff --git a/package/libpfm4/Config.in b/package/libpfm4/Config.in
index 1c2fbdcb0..86ca8f6b2 100644
--- a/package/libpfm4/Config.in
+++ b/package/libpfm4/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPFM4
 	bool "libpfm4"
 	depends on !BR2_avr32 # no perf_event_open
+	depends on !BR2_xtensa && !BR2_bfin # no nptl or linuxthreads (new)
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	help
 	  A helper library to help encode Performance Events to use with
@@ -10,3 +11,4 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPFM4
 
 comment "libpfm4 needs a toolchain w/ threads"
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on !BR2_avr32 && !BR2_xtensa && !BR2_bfin