diff --git a/biarchtool.py b/biarchtool.py
index 2b2089c7..809d02e5 100755
--- a/biarchtool.py
+++ b/biarchtool.py
@@ -127,8 +127,11 @@ class BiArchTool(ToolBase.ToolBase):
 
     def _init_biarch_packages(self):
         if self.biarch_packages is None:
-            self.biarch_packages = set(self.meta_get_packagelist("%s:Rings:0-Bootstrap"%self.project))
-            self.biarch_packages |= set(self.meta_get_packagelist("%s:Rings:1-MinimalX"%self.project))
+            if ':Rings' in self.project:
+                self.biarch_packages = set()
+            else:
+                self.biarch_packages = set(self.meta_get_packagelist("%s:Rings:0-Bootstrap"%self.project))
+                self.biarch_packages |= set(self.meta_get_packagelist("%s:Rings:1-MinimalX"%self.project))
 
         self._init_rdeps()
         self.fill_package_meta()