diff --git a/srcpkgs/sam/template b/srcpkgs/sam/template
index 04ad1094eb..fadad8d03c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sam/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sam/template
@@ -19,15 +19,14 @@ post_extract() {
 	sed -i '/Straddc/s/int/wchar_t/g' sam/sam.h
 }
 do_build() {
-	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-		i686*|armv*) USE64BITS=0;;
-		x86_64*|aarch64*|ppc64*) USE64BITS=1;;
-		*) msg_error "Unknown word length for $XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE";;
-	esac
+	local use64bits=0
+	if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_WORDSIZE" = "64" ]; then
+		use64bits=1
+	fi
 
 	make ${makejobs} CC="${CC} ${CFLAGS}" DESTDIR=/usr LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS" \
 		INCLUDES=-I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/freetype2 \
-		RXSAMNAME=rsam TERMNAME=/usr/bin/samterm USE64BITS=${USE64BITS}
+		RXSAMNAME=rsam TERMNAME=/usr/bin/samterm USE64BITS=${use64bits}
 }
 
 do_install() {