diff --git a/alex.changes b/alex.changes
index b4e8090..80a24ad 100644
--- a/alex.changes
+++ b/alex.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Aug 22 23:46:53 UTC 2014 - peter.trommler@ohm-hochschule.de
+
+- enable PowerPC builds
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue May  7 14:03:17 UTC 2013 - peter.trommler@ohm-hochschule.de
 
diff --git a/alex.spec b/alex.spec
index 6f5cf45..b9c0ce5 100644
--- a/alex.spec
+++ b/alex.spec
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 # BEGIN cabal2spec
 Url:            http://hackage.haskell.org/package/%{name}
 Source0:        http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/%{name}/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
-ExclusiveArch:  %{ix86} x86_64 %{ghc_arches}
 BuildRequires:  autoconf
 BuildRequires:  ghc-Cabal-devel
 BuildRequires:  ghc-QuickCheck-devel