diff --git a/package/elfutils/Config.in b/package/elfutils/Config.in
index 47cd63d797..588c29df98 100644
--- a/package/elfutils/Config.in
+++ b/package/elfutils/Config.in
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_ELFUTILS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT
 	depends on BR2_LARGEFILE
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
+	# canonicalize_file_name() not available on uClibc 0.9.31, used
+	# only for AVR32
+	depends on !BR2_avr32
 	help
 	  Libraries/utilities to handle ELF objects (drop in
 	  replacement for libelf).