diff --git a/package/efl/expedite/Config.in b/package/efl/expedite/Config.in
index 918c34ee49..96db266ac5 100644
--- a/package/efl/expedite/Config.in
+++ b/package/efl/expedite/Config.in
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_EXPEDITE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBEVAS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBEET
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libevas
 	depends on !BR2_avr32 # libevas
 	help
 	  Expedite is the official Evas benchmark tool. It can test different
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_EXPEDITE
 	  DirectFB and so on. Its tests are quite extensive, trying to
 	  reproduce real world usage cases.
 
-comment "expedite needs a toolchain w/ C++"
+comment "expedite needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads"
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on !BR2_avr32
diff --git a/package/efl/libecore/Config.in b/package/efl/libecore/Config.in
index 41a16f9c83..3db036c5db 100644
--- a/package/efl/libecore/Config.in
+++ b/package/efl/libecore/Config.in
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBECORE_X_XCB
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBECORE_EVAS
 	bool "libecore Evas support"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBEVAS
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on !BR2_avr32 # libevas
+
+comment "evas support needs a toolchain w/ threads"
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on !BR2_avr32 # libevas
 
 endif # BR2_PACKAGE_LIBECORE
diff --git a/package/efl/libedje/Config.in b/package/efl/libedje/Config.in
index 4a0831a426..503919c3bd 100644
--- a/package/efl/libedje/Config.in
+++ b/package/efl/libedje/Config.in
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+comment "libedje needs a toolchain w/ threads"
+	depends on !BR2_avr32
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBEDJE
 	bool "libedje"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBEINA
@@ -8,6 +12,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBEDJE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBEVAS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LUA
 	depends on !BR2_avr32 # libevas
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libevas
 	help
 	  A graphical layout and animation library for animated
 	  resizable, compressed and scalable themes.
diff --git a/package/efl/libelementary/Config.in b/package/efl/libelementary/Config.in
index d4584e84f6..91740aff9f 100644
--- a/package/efl/libelementary/Config.in
+++ b/package/efl/libelementary/Config.in
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+comment "libelementary needs a toolchain w/ threads"
+	depends on !BR2_avr32
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBELEMENTARY
 	bool "libelementary"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBEINA
@@ -5,6 +9,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBELEMENTARY
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBECORE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBEDJE
 	depends on !BR2_avr32 # libevas
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libevas
 	help
 	  Elementary is a widget toolkit and EFL wrapper and convenience
 	  library to make it easy to build applications and tools with UIs
diff --git a/package/efl/libethumb/Config.in b/package/efl/libethumb/Config.in
index 3a2f3dc2b6..64574a0eb8 100644
--- a/package/efl/libethumb/Config.in
+++ b/package/efl/libethumb/Config.in
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+comment "libethumb needs a toolchain w/ threads"
+	depends on !BR2_avr32
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBETHUMB
 	bool "libethumb"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBEINA
@@ -6,6 +10,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBETHUMB
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBECORE_EVAS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBEDJE
 	depends on !BR2_avr32 # libevas
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libevas
 	help
 	  Ethumb is a library for generating thumbnail images of documents.
 
diff --git a/package/efl/libevas/Config.in b/package/efl/libevas/Config.in
index b14a3193b5..2afa888995 100644
--- a/package/efl/libevas/Config.in
+++ b/package/efl/libevas/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
+comment "libevas needs a toolchain w/ threads"
+	depends on !BR2_avr32
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBEVAS
 	bool "libevas"
 	depends on !BR2_avr32 # no epoll_create1 or inotify_init1
+	# libevas should normally build without threads, but due to a
+	# build issue when the async preloader is disabled, which is
+	# needed when no threads are available, we don't allow evas to
+	# be built without threads. This should be revisited when efl
+	# is bumped to 1.8.
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_FREETYPE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBEINA
 	# required to build so far
diff --git a/package/efl/libevas/libevas.mk b/package/efl/libevas/libevas.mk
index 46de4cb4f7..41ceb49cc9 100644
--- a/package/efl/libevas/libevas.mk
+++ b/package/efl/libevas/libevas.mk
@@ -203,11 +203,6 @@ else
 LIBEVAS_CONF_OPT += --disable-font-loader-eet
 endif
 
-# async image preload support needs threads support in toolchain
-ifneq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS),y)
-LIBEVAS_CONF_OPT += --disable-async-preload
-endif
-
 # libevas installs the source code of examples on the target, which
 # are generally not useful.
 define LIBEVAS_REMOVE_EXAMPLES
diff --git a/package/enlightenment/Config.in b/package/enlightenment/Config.in
index 66c7055ff9..43efe5826b 100644
--- a/package/enlightenment/Config.in
+++ b/package/enlightenment/Config.in
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_ENLIGHTENMENT
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	# libedbus -> dbus
-	# libedbus -> glib2
+	# libedbus -> glib2, libevas
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	# libedbus -> dbus
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU