diff --git a/srcpkgs/gmp/template b/srcpkgs/gmp/template
index 9e5fa286a9..76e43a3eb7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gmp/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gmp/template
@@ -6,10 +6,7 @@ distfiles="ftp://ftp.gmplib.org/pub/gmp-$version/gmp-$version.tar.bz2"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 # Build with -fexceptions as suggested by ppl.
 CPPFLAGS="-fexceptions"
-if [ "$xbps_machine" != "x86_64" ]; then
-	configure_args="--build=${xbps_machine}-pc-linux-gnu"
-fi
-configure_args="$configure_args --enable-cxx --enable-mpbsd"
+configure_args="--enable-cxx --enable-mpbsd --build=${xbps_machine}-pc-linux-gnu"
 short_desc="Library for arbitrary precision arithmetic"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 checksum=aa0295472854f2f9691db7c6892921452521b4d5def15223136f4733309db7c8