diff --git a/toolchain/toolchain-buildroot/Config.in b/toolchain/toolchain-buildroot/Config.in
index d9914b0845..77a197edc0 100644
--- a/toolchain/toolchain-buildroot/Config.in
+++ b/toolchain/toolchain-buildroot/Config.in
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_EGLIBC
 		   BR2_x86_64 || BR2_microblaze || BR2_powerpc64
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+	depends on BR2_DEPRECATED_SINCE_2015_08
 	select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
 	# our eglibc.mk enables RPC support
 	select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_NATIVE_RPC