diff --git a/games-emulation/visualboyadvance/visualboyadvance-1.8.recipe b/games-emulation/visualboyadvance/visualboyadvance-1.8.recipe
index 7a3a78eb6..d48158e72 100644
--- a/games-emulation/visualboyadvance/visualboyadvance-1.8.recipe
+++ b/games-emulation/visualboyadvance/visualboyadvance-1.8.recipe
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ LICENSE="GNU GPL v2"
 COPYRIGHT="2002-2004 Forgotten"
 
 ARCHITECTURES="x86 ?x86_64"
-if [ $effectiveArchitecture != x86_gcc2 ]; then
+if [ $effectiveTargetArchitecture != x86_gcc2 ]; then
 	ARCHITECTURES="$ARCHITECTURES x86_gcc2"
 fi
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86 ?x86_64"