diff --git a/package/devel/binutils/Makefile b/package/devel/binutils/Makefile
index c5a07174776cf8ad37c5e87d68b005d404e14f9b..f8549ad64335b1bb677f838d9f756d3733458078 100644
--- a/package/devel/binutils/Makefile
+++ b/package/devel/binutils/Makefile
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ PKG_INSTALL:=1
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-3.0+
 PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
+PKG_USE_MIPS16:=0
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 
diff --git a/package/devel/oprofile/Makefile b/package/devel/oprofile/Makefile
index dd8aa344b41472fbc23f03f27f55e1c2625b1b1f..49937c9db8e9feb981975b5f60e9c04c8860942a 100644
--- a/package/devel/oprofile/Makefile
+++ b/package/devel/oprofile/Makefile
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0+
 PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
 PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
+PKG_USE_MIPS16:=0
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/kernel.mk