diff --git a/main/linux-headers/APKBUILD b/main/linux-headers/APKBUILD
index fdddffa4e1321c6124b65b59d113578a34a984bd..b3e42e8fab60943375a2cff8e8f575f57664e841 100644
--- a/main/linux-headers/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/linux-headers/APKBUILD
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Linux system headers"
 url="http://kernel.org"
 arch="all"
-_carch=${CARCH/armel/arm}
 license='GPL-2'
 makedepends="perl"
 if [ "$ALPINE_LIBC" = "eglibc" ]; then
@@ -31,6 +30,12 @@ build() {
 }
 
 package() {
+	local _carch=$CARCH
+
+	case "$_carch" in
+	arm*) _carch="arm" ;;
+	esac
+
 	cd "$srcdir"/linux-$_kernver
 	mkdir -p "$pkgdir/usr"
 	make headers_install ARCH="${_carch}" INSTALL_HDR_PATH="$pkgdir/usr" || return 1