diff --git a/python-astunparse.changes b/python-astunparse.changes
index abbba69..9d85966 100644
--- a/python-astunparse.changes
+++ b/python-astunparse.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Feb 17 10:59:59 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- need to turn off noarch to be able to skip tests on 32bit arches 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Feb 16 22:39:53 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-astunparse.spec b/python-astunparse.spec
index 47874d4..ebf20d0 100644
--- a/python-astunparse.spec
+++ b/python-astunparse.spec
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 Requires:       python-six >= 1.6.1
 Requires:       python-wheel >= 0.23.0
-BuildArch:      noarch
 %python_subpackages
 
 %description
@@ -62,11 +61,9 @@ Added to this is a pretty-printing dump utility function.
 %python_install
 %python_expand %fdupes %{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib}
 
-%check
-%ifarch %ix86 %arm32
 # fails to parse the 32bit stdlib
-%pyunittest discover -v || :
-%else
+%if "%_lib" == "lib64"
+%check
 %pyunittest discover -v
 %endif