diff --git a/community/gimp/APKBUILD b/community/gimp/APKBUILD
index a659586c45234397ed0595f560e27577c2659810..5001e29ec369d5a3faa6bac257a147f1192466bb 100644
--- a/community/gimp/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/gimp/APKBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ pkgver=2.10.34
 pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="GNU Image Manipulation Program"
 url="https://www.gimp.org/"
-arch="all"
+# nobody is using this on s390x
+arch="all !s390x"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 makedepends="
 	babl-dev