diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9bd8d6e..205acfc 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ case $host in
      use_x11=no
      build_shared_lib=yes
      ;;
-  i*86*-linux-gnu*|i*86*-*-linux-uclibc*)
+  i*86*-linux-*)
      target_platform=target_linux
      CORE_SYSTEM_NAME=linux
      ARCH="i486-linux"
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ case $host in
        fi
      fi
      ;;
-  x86_64-*-linux-gnu*|x86_64-*-linux-uclibc*)
+  x86_64-*-linux-*)
      target_platform=target_linux
      CORE_SYSTEM_NAME=linux
      ARCH="x86_64-linux"
diff --git a/m4/xbmc_arch.m4 b/m4/xbmc_arch.m4
index d28f263..6fb6210 100644
--- a/m4/xbmc_arch.m4
+++ b/m4/xbmc_arch.m4
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ AC_DEFUN([XBMC_SETUP_ARCH_DEFINES],[
 
 # build detection and setup - this is the native arch
 case $build in
-  i*86*-linux-gnu*|i*86*-*-linux-uclibc*)
+  i*86*-linux-*)
      AC_SUBST(NATIVE_ARCH_DEFINES, "-DTARGET_POSIX -DTARGET_LINUX -D_LINUX")
      ;;
-  x86_64-*-linux-gnu*|x86_64-*-linux-uclibc*)
+  x86_64-*-linux-*)
      AC_SUBST(NATIVE_ARCH_DEFINES, "-DTARGET_POSIX -DTARGET_LINUX -D_LINUX")
      ;;
   i386-*-freebsd*)
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ case $build in
   *86*-apple-darwin*)
      AC_SUBST(NATIVE_ARCH_DEFINES, "-DTARGET_POSIX -DTARGET_DARWIN -DTARGET_DARWIN_OSX -D_LINUX")
      ;;
-  powerpc-*-linux-gnu*|powerpc-*-linux-uclibc*)
+  powerpc-*-linux-*)
      AC_SUBST(NATIVE_ARCH_DEFINES, "-DTARGET_POSIX -DTARGET_LINUX -D_LINUX -D_POWERPC")
      ;;
-  powerpc64-*-linux-gnu*|powerpc64-*-linux-uclibc*)
+  powerpc64-*-linux-*)
      AC_SUBST(NATIVE_ARCH_DEFINES, "-DTARGET_POSIX -DTARGET_LINUX -D_LINUX -D_POWERPC64")
      ;;
-  arm*-*-linux-gnu*|arm*-*-linux-uclibc*)
+  arm*-*-linux-*)
      AC_SUBST(NATIVE_ARCH_DEFINES, "-DTARGET_POSIX -DTARGET_LINUX -D_LINUX")
      ;;
   *)
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ esac
 
 # host detection and setup - this is the target arch
 case $host in
-  i*86*-linux-gnu*|i*86*-*-linux-uclibc*)
+  i*86*-linux-*)
      AC_SUBST(ARCH_DEFINES, "-DTARGET_POSIX -DTARGET_LINUX -D_LINUX")
      ;;
-  x86_64-*-linux-gnu*|x86_64-*-linux-uclibc*)
+  x86_64-*-linux-*)
      AC_SUBST(ARCH_DEFINES, "-DTARGET_POSIX -DTARGET_LINUX -D_LINUX")
      ;;
   i386-*-freebsd*)
@@ -54,16 +54,16 @@ case $host in
   powerpc-apple-darwin*)
      AC_SUBST(ARCH_DEFINES, "-DTARGET_POSIX -DTARGET_DARWIN -DTARGET_DARWIN_OSX -D_LINUX")
      ;;
-  powerpc-*-linux-gnu*|powerpc-*-linux-uclibc*)
+  powerpc-*-linux-*)
      AC_SUBST(ARCH_DEFINES, "-DTARGET_POSIX -DTARGET_LINUX -D_LINUX -D_POWERPC")
      ;;
-  powerpc64*-*-linux-gnu*|powerpc64*-*-linux-uclibc*)
+  powerpc64*-*-linux-*)
      AC_SUBST(ARCH_DEFINES, "-DTARGET_POSIX -DTARGET_LINUX -D_LINUX -D_POWERPC64")
      ;;
-  arm*-*-linux-gnu*|arm*-*-linux-uclibc*|aarch64*-*-linux-gnu*|aarch64*-*-linux-uclibc*)
+  arm*-*-linux-*)
      AC_SUBST(ARCH_DEFINES, "-DTARGET_POSIX -DTARGET_LINUX -D_LINUX")
      ;;
-  mips*-*-linux-gnu*|mips*-*-linux-uclibc*)
+  mips*-*-linux-*)
      AC_SUBST(ARCH_DEFINES, "-DTARGET_POSIX -DTARGET_LINUX -D_LINUX")
      ;;
   *-*linux-android*)
diff --git a/tools/depends/configure.ac b/tools/depends/configure.ac
index 3626ea5..f178f7a 100644
--- a/tools/depends/configure.ac
+++ b/tools/depends/configure.ac
@@ -120,13 +120,13 @@ platform_cc=gcc
 platform_cxx=g++
 
 case $build in
-  arm*-*-linux-gnu*|arm*-*-linux-uclibc*)
+  arm*-*-linux-*)
     build_os="linux"
   ;;
-  *i686*-linux-gnu*|i*86*-*-linux-uclibc*)
+  i*86*-*-linux-*)
     build_os="linux"
   ;;
-  x86_64*-linux-gnu*|x86_64-*-linux-uclibc*)
+  x86_64*-linux-*)
     build_os="linux"
   ;;
   *darwin*)
diff --git a/xbmc/cores/DllLoader/ldt_keeper.c b/xbmc/cores/DllLoader/ldt_keeper.c
index 3fe6854..ca78612 100644
--- a/xbmc/cores/DllLoader/ldt_keeper.c
+++ b/xbmc/cores/DllLoader/ldt_keeper.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #if defined(__GLIBC__) &&  (__GLIBC__ < 2 || (__GLIBC__ == 2 && __GLIBC_MINOR__ == 0))
 _syscall3( int, modify_ldt, int, func, void *, ptr, unsigned long, bytecount );
 #else
-#if defined(TARGET_ANDROID) && defined(__i386__) && !defined(modify_ldt)
+#if defined(__linux__) && !defined(__GLIBC__) && !defined(modify_ldt)
 #define modify_ldt(a,b,c) syscall( __NR_modify_ldt,  a, b, c);
 #else
 int modify_ldt(int func, void *ptr, unsigned long bytecount);