diff --git a/package/graphene/Config.in b/package/graphene/Config.in
index 60f6073a10..085efb301f 100644
--- a/package/graphene/Config.in
+++ b/package/graphene/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GRAPHENE
 	bool "graphene"
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	help
 	  A thin layer of types for graphic libraries.
 
 	  https://ebassi.github.io/graphene/
+
+comment "graphene needs a toolchain w/ threads"
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
diff --git a/package/libgtk4/Config.in b/package/libgtk4/Config.in
index 6d871b8517..3daa676169 100644
--- a/package/libgtk4/Config.in
+++ b/package/libgtk4/Config.in
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK4
 	bool "libgtk4"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_RUSTC_TARGET_ARCH_SUPPORTS # librsvg
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # glib2
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # glib2
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # glib2, graphene
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # glib2
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # pango
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4 # pango -> harfbuzz