diff --git a/dev-libs/libxml2/libxml2-2.9.1.recipe b/dev-libs/libxml2/libxml2-2.9.1.recipe
index e81bad670..9c374179c 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libxml2/libxml2-2.9.1.recipe
+++ b/dev-libs/libxml2/libxml2-2.9.1.recipe
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ COPYRIGHT="1998-2013 Daniel Veillard.  All Rights Reserved."
 SRC_URI="ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/libxml2-2.9.1.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_MD5="9c0cfef285d5c4a5c80d00904ddab380"
 REVISION="1"
-ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"
-SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86"
+ARCHITECTURES="!x86_gcc2 !x86 !x86_64"
+SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="!x86_gcc2 !x86"
 
 PATCHES="libxml2-2.9.1.patchset"
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ BUILD_REQUIRES="
 	"
 if $pythonModuleEnabled; then
 	BUILD_REQUIRES="$BUILD_REQUIRES
-		python
+		python >= 2.7
 		"
 			# Note: We don't use "cmd:python" here to avoid issues with the
 			# python search path.