diff --git a/media-libs/jpeg/jpeg-9c.recipe b/media-libs/jpeg/jpeg-9c.recipe
index 04656aa66..8bf3c02ef 100644
--- a/media-libs/jpeg/jpeg-9c.recipe
+++ b/media-libs/jpeg/jpeg-9c.recipe
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ REVISION="3"
 SOURCE_URI="http://www.ijg.org/files/jpegsrc.v$portVersion.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="650250979303a649e21f87b5ccd02672af1ea6954b911342ea491f351ceb7122"
 
-ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64 arm"
-SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86"
+# deactivated in favor of libjpeg-turbo
+ARCHITECTURES="?x86_gcc2 ?x86 ?x86_64 ?arm"
+SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="?x86_gcc2 ?x86"
 
 libVersion="9.3.0"
 libVersionCompat="$libVersion compat >= ${libVersion%%.*}"