diff --git a/expat.changes b/expat.changes
index b769b9f..b8e952e 100644
--- a/expat.changes
+++ b/expat.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec 10 12:34:56 CET 2008 - olh@suse.de
+
+- use Obsoletes: -XXbit only for ppc64 to help solver during distupgrade
+  (bnc#437293)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Oct 30 12:34:56 CET 2008 - olh@suse.de
 
diff --git a/expat.spec b/expat.spec
index 1532a0b..db2ca9f 100644
--- a/expat.spec
+++ b/expat.spec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 Name:           expat
 Version:        2.0.1
-Release:        87
+Release:        88
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 License:        X11/MIT
 Url:            http://expat.sourceforge.net/
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ Url:            http://expat.sourceforge.net/
 %ifarch ppc64
 Obsoletes:      expat-64bit
 %endif
-%ifarch  %ix86 ppc
-Obsoletes:      expat-32bit
-%endif
 #
 Summary:        XML Parser Toolkit
 Source0:        %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
@@ -74,9 +71,6 @@ Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 %ifarch ppc64
 Obsoletes:      expat-64bit
 %endif
-%ifarch  %ix86 ppc
-Obsoletes:      expat-32bit
-%endif
 #
 
 %description -n libexpat1
@@ -192,6 +186,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_libdir}/libexpat.so
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Dec 10 2008 olh@suse.de
+- use Obsoletes: -XXbit only for ppc64 to help solver during distupgrade
+  (bnc#437293)
 * Thu Oct 30 2008 olh@suse.de
 - obsolete old -XXbit packages (bnc#437293)
 * Thu Apr 10 2008 ro@suse.de