diff --git a/spk/synocli-devel/Makefile b/spk/synocli-devel/Makefile
index ed92beee20b..7ec37c8947d 100644
--- a/spk/synocli-devel/Makefile
+++ b/spk/synocli-devel/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ OPTIONAL_DEPENDS = cross/llvm
 
 include ../../mk/spksrc.common.mk
 
-ifneq ($(findstring $(ARCH),$(ARMv5_ARCHS) $(OLD_PPC_ARCHS)),$(ARCH))
+ifneq ($(call version_lt, $(TC_GCC), 4.8.1),1)
 DEPENDS += cross/llvm
 endif
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ endif
 ##
 ## LLVM
 ##
-ifneq ($(findstring $(ARCH),$(ARMv5_ARCHS) $(OLD_PPC_ARCHS)),$(ARCH))
+ifneq ($(call version_lt, $(TC_GCC), 4.8.1),1)
 ifeq ($(call version_ge, $(TC_GCC), 5.1),1)
 OPTIONAL_DESC += ", LLVM 16.0.6"
 SPK_COMMANDS += bin/clang-16