diff --git a/media-libs/vips/vips-8.16.1.ebuild b/media-libs/vips/vips-8.16.1.ebuild
index d5e2fe82aa70b..7a1d937823d5d 100644
--- a/media-libs/vips/vips-8.16.1.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/vips/vips-8.16.1.ebuild
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ src_prepare() {
 }
 
 src_configure() {
-	# workaround for bug in lld (bug #921728)
-	tc-ld-is-lld && filter-lto
+	# workaround for segfault issue in LLVM lto (bug #921728)
+	tc-is-clang && filter-lto
 
 	local emesonargs=(
 		$(meson_use deprecated)
diff --git a/media-libs/vips/vips-8.17.1.ebuild b/media-libs/vips/vips-8.17.1.ebuild
index 963327714f0b9..8096910275bfe 100644
--- a/media-libs/vips/vips-8.17.1.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/vips/vips-8.17.1.ebuild
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ src_prepare() {
 }
 
 src_configure() {
-	# workaround for bug in lld (bug #921728)
-	tc-ld-is-lld && filter-lto
+	# workaround for segfault issue in LLVM lto (bug #921728)
+	tc-is-clang && filter-lto
 
 	local emesonargs=(
 		$(meson_use deprecated)