diff --git a/package/apr/apr.mk b/package/apr/apr.mk
index e8cf0f309e..f7f7553e54 100644
--- a/package/apr/apr.mk
+++ b/package/apr/apr.mk
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ APR_CONF_ENV = \
 	ac_cv_mmap__dev_zero=yes \
 	ac_cv_func_setpgrp_void=yes \
 	apr_cv_process_shared_works=yes \
-	ac_cv_prog_cc_c23=$(if $(BR2_HOST_GCC_AT_LEAST_14),yes,no) \
 	apr_cv_mutex_robust_shared=no \
 	apr_cv_tcp_nodelay_with_cork=yes \
 	ac_cv_sizeof_struct_iovec=8 \
@@ -51,6 +50,10 @@ APR_CONF_ENV = \
 	apr_preload_done=yes
 APR_CONFIG_SCRIPTS = apr-1-config
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_HOST_GCC_AT_LEAST_14),)
+APR_CONF_ENV += ac_cv_prog_cc_c23=no
+endif
+
 # Doesn't even try to guess when cross compiling
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS),y)
 APR_CONF_ENV += apr_cv_pthreads_lib="-lpthread"