diff --git a/kexec-tools.changes b/kexec-tools.changes
index 38eaa6e..ba84db4 100644
--- a/kexec-tools.changes
+++ b/kexec-tools.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jun 17 11:44:18 UTC 2016 - normand@linux.vnet.ibm.com
+
+-  remove sed line in spec for ppc64 about stack-protector
+   as now handled in Makefile.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jun  3 18:16:51 UTC 2016 - tonyj@suse.com
 
diff --git a/kexec-tools.spec b/kexec-tools.spec
index 622321c..88dca5d 100644
--- a/kexec-tools.spec
+++ b/kexec-tools.spec
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ the loaded kernel after it panics.
 # disable as-needed
 export SUSE_ASNEEDED=0
 %{?suse_update_config -f}
-%ifarch ia64 ppc64le
+%ifarch ia64
 RPM_OPT_FLAGS=$(echo $RPM_OPT_FLAGS | sed -e 's/-fstack-protector//')
 %endif
 autoreconf -f