diff --git a/dpdk-thunderx.changes b/dpdk-thunderx.changes
index 64c9d44..235762c 100644
--- a/dpdk-thunderx.changes
+++ b/dpdk-thunderx.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Mar  8 11:50:03 CET 2019 - ndas@suse.de
+
+- remove -Wno-error=array-bounds as its no longer needed
+- disable i586 build because lack of sse support
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Feb 22 10:57:13 CET 2019 - ndas@suse.de
 
diff --git a/dpdk-thunderx.spec b/dpdk-thunderx.spec
index 6a873d0..110b947 100644
--- a/dpdk-thunderx.spec
+++ b/dpdk-thunderx.spec
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@
 %define machine native
 %define target x86_64-%{machine}-linuxapp-gcc
 %endif
-%ifarch %{ix86}
-%define machine native
-%define target i686-%{machine}-linuxapp-gcc
-%endif
 %ifarch aarch64
 %define machine2 thunderx
 %define target arm64-%{machine2}-linuxapp-gcc
@@ -136,7 +132,6 @@ Example applications utilizing the Data Plane Development Kit, such
 as L2 and L3 forwarding.
 %endif
 
-%ifnarch %{ix86}
 %package kmp
 Summary:        DPDK KNI kernel module (thunderx)
 Group:          System/Kernel
@@ -146,7 +141,6 @@ Conflicts:      otherproviders(dpdk-any-kmp)
 
 %description kmp
 The DPDK Kernel NIC Interface (KNI) allows userspace applications access to the Linux* control plane.
-%endif
 
 %define sdkdir  %{_datadir}/dpdk
 %define docdir  %{_docdir}/dpdk
@@ -217,9 +211,7 @@ function setdefaultconf()
 # In case dpdk-devel is installed, we should ignore its hints about the SDK directories
 unset RTE_SDK RTE_INCLUDE RTE_TARGET
 
-# For the release, '-Wno-error=array-bounds' is done to prevent a spurious error
-# generated by gcc 5.X against the 2.1 branch
-export EXTRA_CFLAGS="%{optflags} -Wformat -fPIC -Wno-error=array-bounds"
+export EXTRA_CFLAGS="%{optflags} -Wformat -fPIC -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE"
 
 # DPDK defaults to using builder-specific compiler flags.  However,
 # the config has been changed by specifying CONFIG_RTE_MACHINE=default
@@ -230,21 +222,17 @@ export EXTRA_CFLAGS="%{optflags} -Wformat -fPIC -Wno-error=array-bounds"
 make V=1 O=%{target} T=%{target} %{?_smp_mflags} config
 setdefaultconf %{target}
 
-%ifnarch %{ix86}
 export EXTRA_CFLAGS='-DVERSION=\"%{version}\"'
 for flavor in %{flavors_to_build}; do
 	export RTE_KERNELDIR=%{_prefix}/src/linux-obj/%{_target_cpu}/$flavor
 	make V=1 O=%{target}-$flavor T=%{target} %{?_smp_mflags} config
 	setdefaultconf %{target}-$flavor
-	%ifnarch %{ix86}
 	setconf CONFIG_RTE_EAL_IGB_UIO y %{target}-$flavor
 	setconf CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD y %{target}-$flavor
-	%endif
 	cd  %{target}-$flavor
 	make V=1 %{?_smp_mflags}
 	cd -
 done
-%endif
 
 make V=1 O=%{target} %{?_smp_mflags}
 make V=1 O=%{target} %{?_smp_mflags} doc-api-html
@@ -254,7 +242,6 @@ make V=1 O=%{target}/examples T=%{target} %{?_smp_mflags} examples
 %endif
 
 %install
-%ifnarch %{ix86}
 # export needed for kmp package
 export EXTRA_CFLAGS='-DVERSION=\"%{version}\"'
 export INSTALL_MOD_PATH=%{buildroot}
@@ -271,7 +258,6 @@ for flavor in %{flavors_to_build}; do
 	install -m644 ../%{target}-$flavor/kmod/*.ko %{buildroot}/lib/modules/$krel/extra/dpdk/
 	cd -
 done
-%endif
 # In case dpdk-devel is installed
 unset RTE_SDK RTE_INCLUDE RTE_TARGET
 
diff --git a/dpdk.changes b/dpdk.changes
index 64c9d44..235762c 100644
--- a/dpdk.changes
+++ b/dpdk.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Mar  8 11:50:03 CET 2019 - ndas@suse.de
+
+- remove -Wno-error=array-bounds as its no longer needed
+- disable i586 build because lack of sse support
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Feb 22 10:57:13 CET 2019 - ndas@suse.de
 
diff --git a/dpdk.spec b/dpdk.spec
index f92f151..ac750ff 100644
--- a/dpdk.spec
+++ b/dpdk.spec
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@
 %define machine native
 %define target x86_64-%{machine}-linuxapp-gcc
 %endif
-%ifarch %{ix86}
-%define machine native
-%define target i686-%{machine}-linuxapp-gcc
-%endif
 %ifarch aarch64
 %define machine2 armv8a
 %define target arm64-%{machine2}-linuxapp-gcc
@@ -67,7 +63,7 @@ BuildRequires:  pesign-obs-integration
 BuildRequires:  rdma-core-devel
 %endif
 BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
-ExclusiveArch:  aarch64 x86_64 %ix86 ppc64le
+ExclusiveArch:  aarch64 x86_64 ppc64le
 Provides:       dpdk-any = %{version}
 Conflicts:      otherproviders(dpdk-any)
 
@@ -134,7 +130,6 @@ Example applications utilizing the Data Plane Development Kit, such
 as L2 and L3 forwarding.
 %endif
 
-%ifnarch %{ix86}
 %package kmp
 Summary:        DPDK KNI kernel module
 Group:          System/Kernel
@@ -144,7 +139,6 @@ Conflicts:      otherproviders(dpdk-any-kmp)
 
 %description kmp
 The DPDK Kernel NIC Interface (KNI) allows userspace applications access to the Linux* control plane.
-%endif
 
 %define sdkdir  %{_datadir}/dpdk
 %define docdir  %{_docdir}/dpdk
@@ -215,9 +209,7 @@ function setdefaultconf()
 # In case dpdk-devel is installed, we should ignore its hints about the SDK directories
 unset RTE_SDK RTE_INCLUDE RTE_TARGET
 
-# For the release, '-Wno-error=array-bounds' is done to prevent a spurious error
-# generated by gcc 5.X against the 2.1 branch
-export EXTRA_CFLAGS="%{optflags} -Wformat -fPIC -Wno-error=array-bounds"
+export EXTRA_CFLAGS="%{optflags} -Wformat -fPIC -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE"
 
 # DPDK defaults to using builder-specific compiler flags.  However,
 # the config has been changed by specifying CONFIG_RTE_MACHINE=default
@@ -228,21 +220,17 @@ export EXTRA_CFLAGS="%{optflags} -Wformat -fPIC -Wno-error=array-bounds"
 make V=1 O=%{target} T=%{target} %{?_smp_mflags} config
 setdefaultconf %{target}
 
-%ifnarch %{ix86}
 export EXTRA_CFLAGS='-DVERSION=\"%{version}\"'
 for flavor in %{flavors_to_build}; do
 	export RTE_KERNELDIR=%{_prefix}/src/linux-obj/%{_target_cpu}/$flavor
 	make V=1 O=%{target}-$flavor T=%{target} %{?_smp_mflags} config
 	setdefaultconf %{target}-$flavor
-	%ifnarch %{ix86}
 	setconf CONFIG_RTE_EAL_IGB_UIO y %{target}-$flavor
 	setconf CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD y %{target}-$flavor
-	%endif
 	cd  %{target}-$flavor
 	make V=1 %{?_smp_mflags}
 	cd -
 done
-%endif
 
 make V=1 O=%{target} %{?_smp_mflags}
 make V=1 O=%{target} %{?_smp_mflags} doc-api-html
@@ -252,7 +240,6 @@ make V=1 O=%{target}/examples T=%{target} %{?_smp_mflags} examples
 %endif
 
 %install
-%ifnarch %{ix86}
 # export needed for kmp package
 export EXTRA_CFLAGS='-DVERSION=\"%{version}\"'
 export INSTALL_MOD_PATH=%{buildroot}
@@ -269,7 +256,6 @@ for flavor in %{flavors_to_build}; do
 	install -m644 ../%{target}-$flavor/kmod/*.ko %{buildroot}/lib/modules/$krel/extra/dpdk/
 	cd -
 done
-%endif
 # In case dpdk-devel is installed
 unset RTE_SDK RTE_INCLUDE RTE_TARGET