diff --git a/main/unixbench/APKBUILD b/main/unixbench/APKBUILD
index d2f5216b9..f973ce2b7 100644
--- a/main/unixbench/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/unixbench/APKBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ _commit="070030e09f6effdf0c6721e8fcc3a5c6fb5bed1a"
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="The original BYTE UNIX benchmark suite"
 url="https://github.com/kdlucas/byte-unixbench"
-arch="all"
+# riscv64: doesn't build
+arch="all !riscv64"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 depends="perl make"
 options="!check"