diff --git a/eclass/toolchain.eclass b/eclass/toolchain.eclass
index 959e86e5d972..88d5c23061e3 100644
--- a/eclass/toolchain.eclass
+++ b/eclass/toolchain.eclass
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ if [[ ${PN} != kgcc64 && ${PN} != gcc-* ]] ; then
 	tc_version_is_at_least 10 && IUSE+=" zstd" TC_FEATURES+=( zstd )
 	tc_version_is_at_least 11 && IUSE+=" valgrind" TC_FEATURES+=( valgrind )
 	tc_version_is_at_least 11 && IUSE+=" custom-cflags"
-	tc_version_is_at_least 12 && IUSE+=" ieee-long-double"
+	tc_version_is_at_least 8.0 && IUSE+=" ieee-long-double"
 	tc_version_is_at_least 12.2.1_p20221203 ${PV} && IUSE+=" default-znow"
 	tc_version_is_at_least 12.2.1_p20221203 ${PV} && IUSE+=" default-stack-clash-protection"
 	tc_version_is_at_least 13.1 ${PV} && IUSE+=" modula2"
diff --git a/profiles/default/linux/ppc64le/17.0/ieee-long-double/package.mask b/profiles/default/linux/ppc64le/17.0/ieee-long-double/package.mask
index 967a17ce1715..81420a0eadc5 100644
--- a/profiles/default/linux/ppc64le/17.0/ieee-long-double/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/default/linux/ppc64le/17.0/ieee-long-double/package.mask
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-# Copyright 2022-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 2022-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 # Georgy Yakovlev <gyakovlev@gentoo.org> (2022-12-04)
 # We only need versions that support ieee-long-double.
-<sys-devel/gcc-12
 <sys-libs/glibc-2.36-r7
diff --git a/profiles/default/linux/ppc64le/17.0/ieee-long-double/package.use.mask b/profiles/default/linux/ppc64le/17.0/ieee-long-double/package.use.mask
index c11b1eb1bc17..e073b17392f9 100644
--- a/profiles/default/linux/ppc64le/17.0/ieee-long-double/package.use.mask
+++ b/profiles/default/linux/ppc64le/17.0/ieee-long-double/package.use.mask
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-# Copyright 2022-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 2022-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 # Georgy Yakovlev <gyakovlev@gentoo.org> (2022-12-04)
 # We need it for ieee-long-double.
 >=llvm-core/clang-15.0.5 -ieee-long-double
->=sys-devel/gcc-12 -ieee-long-double
+sys-devel/gcc -ieee-long-double
diff --git a/profiles/default/linux/ppc64le/23.0/package.mask b/profiles/default/linux/ppc64le/23.0/package.mask
index 967a17ce1715..81420a0eadc5 100644
--- a/profiles/default/linux/ppc64le/23.0/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/default/linux/ppc64le/23.0/package.mask
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-# Copyright 2022-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 2022-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 # Georgy Yakovlev <gyakovlev@gentoo.org> (2022-12-04)
 # We only need versions that support ieee-long-double.
-<sys-devel/gcc-12
 <sys-libs/glibc-2.36-r7
diff --git a/profiles/default/linux/ppc64le/23.0/package.use.mask b/profiles/default/linux/ppc64le/23.0/package.use.mask
index c11b1eb1bc17..e073b17392f9 100644
--- a/profiles/default/linux/ppc64le/23.0/package.use.mask
+++ b/profiles/default/linux/ppc64le/23.0/package.use.mask
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-# Copyright 2022-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 2022-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 # Georgy Yakovlev <gyakovlev@gentoo.org> (2022-12-04)
 # We need it for ieee-long-double.
 >=llvm-core/clang-15.0.5 -ieee-long-double
->=sys-devel/gcc-12 -ieee-long-double
+sys-devel/gcc -ieee-long-double