diff --git a/openblas.changes b/openblas.changes
index 139e5fd..1ab5f35 100644
--- a/openblas.changes
+++ b/openblas.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jan 19 17:29:17 UTC 2023 - Egbert Eich <eich@suse.com>
+
+- Disabling 32-bit compatibility packages for Leap/SLE as they
+  are  causing conflicts with the lapack packages during SLE staging:
+  found conflict of liblapacke3-32bit-3.5.0-4.6.1.x86_64 with libopenblas_openmp0-32bit-0.3.21-150500.1.2.x86_64
+  /usr/lib/liblapacke.so.3 [mode mismatch: l777 root:root -> liblapacke.so.3.5.0, g -644 root:root]
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Dec 25 00:19:21 UTC 2022 - Stefan Brüns <stefan.bruens@rwth-aachen.de>
 
diff --git a/openblas.spec b/openblas.spec
index ae0151d..9b24fd1 100644
--- a/openblas.spec
+++ b/openblas.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ cp %{SOURCE1} .
 cp %{SOURCE2} .
 %endif
 
+%if !0%{?sle_version}
 # create baselibs.conf based on flavor
 cat >  %{_sourcedir}/baselibs.conf <<EOF
 lib%{name}%{?so_v}
@@ -310,6 +311,7 @@ lib%{name}-devel
     requires -%{name}-<targettype>
     requires "lib%{name}%{?so_v}-<targettype> = <version>"
 EOF
+%endif
 
 %build