diff --git a/main/gcc4/APKBUILD b/main/gcc4/APKBUILD
index 2b165de50..2a70fd5ce 100644
--- a/main/gcc4/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/gcc4/APKBUILD
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ _pkgver=4.9.2
 pkgrel=7
 pkgdesc="Old GCC for old vendor kernels (C compiler only)"
 url="http://gcc.gnu.org"
-arch="all"
+arch="all !riscv64" # riscv64: doesn't build
 license="GPL LGPL"
 _gccrel=$_pkgver-r$pkgrel
 depends="binutils mpc1"