diff --git a/src/uu/wc/src/wc.rs b/src/uu/wc/src/wc.rs
index 715c22969c7..de824ceeff5 100644
--- a/src/uu/wc/src/wc.rs
+++ b/src/uu/wc/src/wc.rs
@@ -839,10 +839,12 @@ fn hardware_feature_label(feature: HardwareFeature) -> &'static str {
 }
 
 fn is_simd_runtime_feature(feature: HardwareFeature) -> bool {
-    matches!(
-        feature,
-        HardwareFeature::Avx2 | HardwareFeature::Sse2 | HardwareFeature::Asimd
-    )
+    match feature {
+        HardwareFeature::Avx2 | HardwareFeature::Sse2 => true,
+        // bytecount v0.6.9 compiles its NEON path only on little-endian targets.
+        HardwareFeature::Asimd => cfg!(target_endian = "little"),
+        _ => false,
+    }
 }
 
 fn is_simd_debug_feature(feature: HardwareFeature) -> bool {
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/hardware.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/hardware.rs
index 72923685344..b3cf5db474c 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/hardware.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/hardware.rs
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ fn detect_sse2() -> bool {
     false
 }
 
-#[cfg(all(target_arch = "aarch64", target_endian = "little"))]
+#[cfg(target_arch = "aarch64")]
 fn detect_asimd() -> bool {
     if cfg!(target_os = "android") {
         false
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ fn detect_asimd() -> bool {
     }
 }
 
-#[cfg(not(all(target_arch = "aarch64", target_endian = "little")))]
+#[cfg(not(target_arch = "aarch64"))]
 fn detect_asimd() -> bool {
     false
 }