diff --git a/numpy/core/src/private/npy_config.h b/numpy/core/src/private/npy_config.h
index eb9c1e19d342..4268f2982d77 100644
--- a/numpy/core/src/private/npy_config.h
+++ b/numpy/core/src/private/npy_config.h
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@
 #endif /* defined(_MSC_VER) && defined(__INTEL_COMPILER) */
 
 
-/* Disable broken gnu trig functions on linux */
-#if defined(__linux__) && defined(__GNUC__)
+/* Disable broken glibc trig functions on linux */
+#if defined(__linux__) && defined(__GLIBC__)
 
 #if defined(HAVE_FEATURES_H)
 #include <features.h>
@@ -102,6 +102,6 @@
 #endif
 #undef TRIG_OK
 
-#endif /* defined(__linux__) && defined(__GNUC__) */
+#endif /* defined(__linux__) && defined(__GLIBC__) */
 
 #endif