diff --git a/package/binutils/Config.in b/package/binutils/Config.in
index 64d0a09c10..fdfdfe9052 100644
--- a/package/binutils/Config.in
+++ b/package/binutils/Config.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_BINUTILS
 	bool "binutils"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE
-	depends on !BR2_aarch64 && !BR2_nios2
+	depends on !BR2_nios2
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	help
 	  Install binutils on the target
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_BINUTILS_TARGET
 endif
 
 comment "binutils needs a toolchain w/ wchar"
-	depends on !BR2_aarch64 && !BR2_nios2
+	depends on !BR2_nios2
 	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR
diff --git a/package/dropwatch/Config.in b/package/dropwatch/Config.in
index d331e5e816..6f04c85dd6 100644
--- a/package/dropwatch/Config.in
+++ b/package/dropwatch/Config.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_DROPWATCH
 	bool "dropwatch"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BINUTILS
-	depends on !BR2_aarch64 && !BR2_nios2 # binutils
+	depends on !BR2_nios2 # binutils
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # binutils
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_READLINE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNL
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_DROPWATCH
 	  https://fedorahosted.org/dropwatch/
 
 comment "dropwatch needs a toolchain w/ threads, wchar"
-	depends on !BR2_aarch64 && !BR2_nios2
+	depends on !BR2_nios2
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_USE_WCHAR
diff --git a/package/lightning/Config.in b/package/lightning/Config.in
index 6750114be2..d85c964e18 100644
--- a/package/lightning/Config.in
+++ b/package/lightning/Config.in
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIGHTNING_DISASSEMBLER
 	bool "enable disassembler"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BINUTILS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
-	depends on !BR2_aarch64 && !BR2_nios2 # binutils
+	depends on !BR2_nios2 # binutils
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # binutils
 	help
 	  Enable the GNU lightning disassembler.
 
 comment "lightning disassembler needs a toolchain w/ wchar"
-	depends on !BR2_aarch64 && !BR2_nios2
+	depends on !BR2_nios2
 	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR
 
 endif
diff --git a/package/oprofile/Config.in b/package/oprofile/Config.in
index 7a88e4a87a..9014d9fcda 100644
--- a/package/oprofile/Config.in
+++ b/package/oprofile/Config.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_OPROFILE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BINUTILS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPFM4 if BR2_powerpc
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
-	depends on !BR2_aarch64 && !BR2_nios2 # binutils
+	depends on !BR2_nios2 # binutils
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # binutils
 	# no memory barrier functions
 	depends on !BR2_xtensa && !BR2_microblaze
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_OPROFILE
 
 comment "oprofile needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on !BR2_aarch64 && !BR2_nios2 && !BR2_xtensa && !BR2_microblaze
+	depends on !BR2_nios2 && !BR2_xtensa && !BR2_microblaze
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_USE_WCHAR
 
 comment "oprofile needs a toolchain w/ NPTL on PPC"