diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index cb97bd97f0..f9ec217db7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@ tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.3", features = ["env-filter", "json"] }
 num-traits = { version = "0.2.15", default-features = false }
 glam = { version = ">=0.22, <=0.30", default-features = false }
-# libm 0.2.12 is a breaking change with new intrinsics
-libm = { version = ">=0.2.5, <=0.2.11", default-features = false }
+libm = { version = ">=0.2.5", default-features = false }
 bytemuck = { version = "1.23", features = ["derive"] }
 
 # Enable incremental by default in release mode.
diff --git a/crates/rustc_codegen_spirv/src/codegen_cx/declare.rs b/crates/rustc_codegen_spirv/src/codegen_cx/declare.rs
index 947a8105cc..104a98e14a 100644
--- a/crates/rustc_codegen_spirv/src/codegen_cx/declare.rs
+++ b/crates/rustc_codegen_spirv/src/codegen_cx/declare.rs
@@ -161,20 +161,14 @@ impl<'tcx> CodegenCx<'tcx> {
                 .insert(def_id, mode);
         }
 
-        if self.tcx.crate_name(def_id.krate) == self.sym.libm {
+        // Check for usage of `libm` intrinsics outside of `libm` itself
+        if self.tcx.crate_name(def_id.krate) == self.sym.libm && !def_id.is_local() {
             let item_name = self.tcx.item_name(def_id);
-            let intrinsic = self.sym.libm_intrinsics.get(&item_name);
-            if self.tcx.visibility(def_id) == ty::Visibility::Public {
-                match intrinsic {
-                    Some(&intrinsic) => {
-                        self.libm_intrinsics.borrow_mut().insert(def_id, intrinsic);
-                    }
-                    None => {
-                        self.tcx.dcx().err(format!(
-                            "missing libm intrinsic {symbol_name}, which is {instance}"
-                        ));
-                    }
-                }
+            if let Some(&intrinsic) = self.sym.libm_intrinsics.get(&item_name) {
+                self.libm_intrinsics.borrow_mut().insert(def_id, intrinsic);
+            } else {
+                let message = format!("missing libm intrinsic {symbol_name}, which is {instance}");
+                self.tcx.dcx().err(message);
             }
         }