diff --git a/ghc-rpm-macros-rpmlintrc b/ghc-rpm-macros-rpmlintrc
deleted file mode 100644
index b63b405..0000000
--- a/ghc-rpm-macros-rpmlintrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-addFilter("no-binary")
diff --git a/ghc-rpm-macros.changes b/ghc-rpm-macros.changes
index 7627c26..cfc77e5 100644
--- a/ghc-rpm-macros.changes
+++ b/ghc-rpm-macros.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Dec 14 09:26:31 UTC 2014 - peter.trommler@ohm-hochschule.de
+
+- make package noarch and remove rpmlintrc 
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Dec 13 09:33:54 UTC 2014 - peter.trommler@ohm-hochschule.de
+
+- do not disable dynamic libraries on ppc anymore
+* fixed by patch 18 in ghc.spec 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Oct 21 15:05:27 UTC 2014 - peter.trommler@ohm-hochschule.de
 
diff --git a/ghc-rpm-macros.spec b/ghc-rpm-macros.spec
index 118620a..7abf006 100644
--- a/ghc-rpm-macros.spec
+++ b/ghc-rpm-macros.spec
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 Name:           ghc-rpm-macros
 Version:        1.3.6
 Release:        0
+BuildArch:      noarch
 Summary:        RPM Macros for building packages for GHC
 License:        GPL-3.0+
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Other
@@ -32,7 +33,6 @@ Group:          Development/Libraries/Other
 Url:            https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Haskell_SIG
 
 Source0:        http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/%{name}.git/snapshot/%{name}-%{git_hash}.tar.xz
-Source1:        ghc-rpm-macros-rpmlintrc
 # PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE suse-disable-debug-packages.patch peter.trommler@ohm-hochschule.de -- openSUSE way to disable debug packages
 Patch1:         suse-disable-debug-packages.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE add-group.patch sbahling@suse.com -- Make sure a Group: tag is generated in subpackages; peter.trommler@ohm-hochschule.de: also puts libraries in System/Libraries, see package group guidelines
@@ -110,18 +110,6 @@ install -p -D -m 0644 ghc.attr %{buildroot}/%{_prefix}/lib/rpm/fileattrs/ghc.att
 install -p -D -m 0755 cabal-tweak-dep-ver %{buildroot}/%{_bindir}/cabal-tweak-dep-ver
 install -p -D -m 0755 cabal-tweak-flag %{buildroot}/%{_bindir}/cabal-tweak-flag
 
-# this is why this package is (still) arch-dependent:
-# turn off shared libs and dynamic linking on ppc
-# See Haskell trac #8024
-%ifarch ppc
-cat >> %{buildroot}%{macros_dir}/macros.ghc <<EOF
-
-# shared libraries are only supported on primary intel archs
-%%ghc_without_dynamic 1
-%%ghc_without_shared 1
-EOF
-%endif
-
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
 %doc COPYING AUTHORS