diff --git a/baselibs.conf b/baselibs.conf
index d8227a4..9ea7ff5 100644
--- a/baselibs.conf
+++ b/baselibs.conf
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 libxmlb2
+  targettype 32bit block!
diff --git a/libxmlb.changes b/libxmlb.changes
index fa64b38..ef6702e 100644
--- a/libxmlb.changes
+++ b/libxmlb.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Oct 10 08:03:30 UTC 2023 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- baselibs.conf: don't build libxmlb2-32bit; baselibs.conf was
+  added for the x86-64-v3 flavor; the -32bit was an unintended side
+  effect.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Oct  3 22:31:17 UTC 2023 - Christophe Marin <christophe@krop.fr>
 
diff --git a/libxmlb.spec b/libxmlb.spec
index fe6d781..48988af 100644
--- a/libxmlb.spec
+++ b/libxmlb.spec
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ Group:          Development/Libraries/Other
 URL:            https://github.com/hughsie/libxmlb
 Source0:        %{url}/archive/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source9:        baselibs.conf
-BuildRequires:  libstemmer-devel
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
+BuildRequires:  libstemmer-devel
 BuildRequires:  meson >= 0.47.0
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gio-2.0) >= 2.45.8