diff --git a/package/uclibc/Config.in b/package/uclibc/Config.in
index 7c99195d08..33969cc1ce 100644
--- a/package/uclibc/Config.in
+++ b/package/uclibc/Config.in
@@ -47,26 +47,25 @@ config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_LOCALE
 
 choice
 	prompt "Thread library implementation"
-	default BR2_PTHREADS_NATIVE
-	default BR2_PTHREADS if !BR2_USE_MMU
 	help
 	  Use this option to select the thread library implementation
 	  that should be used in your toolchain.
 
-	config BR2_PTHREADS_NONE
-		bool "none"
-
-	config BR2_PTHREADS
-		bool "linuxthreads"
-		select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
-		depends on BR2_bfin || BR2_m68k || BR2_microblaze || BR2_arm || BR2_armeb || BR2_xtensa
-
 	config BR2_PTHREADS_NATIVE
 		bool "Native POSIX Threading (NPTL)"
 		select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 		select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL
 		depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 		depends on !BR2_m68k && !BR2_microblaze
+
+	config BR2_PTHREADS
+		bool "linuxthreads"
+		select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+		depends on BR2_bfin || BR2_m68k || BR2_microblaze || BR2_arm || BR2_armeb || BR2_xtensa
+
+	config BR2_PTHREADS_NONE
+		bool "none"
+
 endchoice
 
 config BR2_PTHREAD_DEBUG