diff --git a/packages/toolchain/devel/binutils/build b/packages/toolchain/devel/binutils/build
index a696bc8f57..9bc4096184 100755
--- a/packages/toolchain/devel/binutils/build
+++ b/packages/toolchain/devel/binutils/build
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ $SCRIPTS/build ppl
 $SCRIPTS/build cloog-ppl
 $SCRIPTS/build libelf
 
-if [ $TARGET_ARCH = "x86_64" -o $TARGET_ARCH = "powerpc64" ]; then
+if [ $TARGET_ARCH = "x86_64" ]; then
   WITH_64B_BFD="--enable-64-bit-bfd"
 fi
 
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ cd objdir
              --disable-multilib \
              $WITH_64B_BFD \
              --disable-nls
+
 make configure-host
 make