diff --git a/package/xz/Config.in b/package/xz/Config.in
index 55beb42911..50116f2995 100644
--- a/package/xz/Config.in
+++ b/package/xz/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_XZ
 	bool "xz-utils"
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	help
 	  XZ is the successor to the Lempel-Ziv/Markov-chain Algorithm
 	  compression format, which provides memory-hungry but powerful
@@ -13,6 +12,3 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_XZ
 	  package.
 
 	  http://tukaani.org/xz/
-
-comment "xz-utils needs a toolchain w/ threads"
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
diff --git a/package/xz/xz.mk b/package/xz/xz.mk
index 24b1adb9d9..413c0205e2 100644
--- a/package/xz/xz.mk
+++ b/package/xz/xz.mk
@@ -12,5 +12,11 @@ XZ_CONF_ENV = ac_cv_prog_cc_c99='-std=gnu99'
 XZ_LICENSE = GPLv2+ GPLv3+ LGPLv2.1+
 XZ_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING.GPLv2 COPYING.GPLv3 COPYING.LGPLv2.1
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS),y)
+XZ_CONF_OPTS = --enable-threads
+else
+XZ_CONF_OPTS = --disable-threads
+endif
+
 $(eval $(autotools-package))
 $(eval $(host-autotools-package))