diff --git a/sys-process/cronie/cronie-1.5.4-r1.ebuild b/sys-process/cronie/cronie-1.5.4-r1.ebuild
index 06e156a8cb73d..c56c8960c7f02 100644
--- a/sys-process/cronie/cronie-1.5.4-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sys-process/cronie/cronie-1.5.4-r1.ebuild
@@ -54,8 +54,9 @@ src_configure() {
 	)
 
 	if use anacron; then
-		use elibc_musl && append-cflags "-lobstack"
-		use elibc_uclibc && append-cflags "-lobstack"
+		if use elibc_musl || use elibc_uclibc ; then
+			append-cflags "-lobstack"
+		fi
 	fi
 	SPOOL_DIR="/var/spool/cron/crontabs" \
 	ANACRON_SPOOL_DIR="/var/spool/anacron" \
diff --git a/sys-process/cronie/cronie-1.5.5.ebuild b/sys-process/cronie/cronie-1.5.5.ebuild
index d6478c60ec6c6..b27c909f26e06 100644
--- a/sys-process/cronie/cronie-1.5.5.ebuild
+++ b/sys-process/cronie/cronie-1.5.5.ebuild
@@ -54,8 +54,9 @@ src_configure() {
 	)
 
 	if use anacron; then
-		use elibc_musl && append-cflags "-lobstack"
-		use elibc_uclibc && append-cflags "-lobstack"
+		if use elibc_musl || use elibc_uclibc ; then
+			append-cflags "-lobstack"
+		fi
 	fi
 	SPOOL_DIR="/var/spool/cron/crontabs" \
 	ANACRON_SPOOL_DIR="/var/spool/anacron" \