diff --git a/app-arch/bzip2/bzip2-1.0.6.recipe b/app-arch/bzip2/bzip2-1.0.6.recipe
index 74eca2471..cb3281d6d 100644
--- a/app-arch/bzip2/bzip2-1.0.6.recipe
+++ b/app-arch/bzip2/bzip2-1.0.6.recipe
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SOURCE_URI="https://fossies.org/linux/misc/bzip2-1.0.6.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="a2848f34fcd5d6cf47def00461fcb528a0484d8edef8208d6d2e2909dc61d9cd"
 PATCHES="bzip2-$portVersion.patchset"
 
-ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64 arm sparc"
+ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64 arm"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86 x86_gcc2"
 
 PROVIDES="
diff --git a/app-arch/unzip/unzip-6.10c23.recipe b/app-arch/unzip/unzip-6.10c23.recipe
index bcf3b1b21..59c496e82 100644
--- a/app-arch/unzip/unzip-6.10c23.recipe
+++ b/app-arch/unzip/unzip-6.10c23.recipe
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ CHECKSUM_SHA256="a9c3f0b4377aa593a77574e2fb69aeab97e66e93d8b110797f7b329e09848b6
 SOURCE_DIR="unzip610c23"
 PATCHES="unzip-$portVersion.patchset"
 
-ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 ?x86_64 sparc"
+ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 ?x86_64"
 
 PROVIDES="
 	unzip = $portVersion
diff --git a/dev-db/sqlite/sqlite-3.27.2.0.recipe b/dev-db/sqlite/sqlite-3.27.2.0.recipe
index 139a8dd5b..b1dbfbfec 100644
--- a/dev-db/sqlite/sqlite-3.27.2.0.recipe
+++ b/dev-db/sqlite/sqlite-3.27.2.0.recipe
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SOURCE_URI="https://www.sqlite.org/2019/sqlite-autoconf-$sqliteVersion.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="50c39e85ea28b5ecfdb3f9e860afe9ba606381e21836b2849efca6a0bfe6ef6e"
 SOURCE_DIR="sqlite-autoconf-$sqliteVersion"
 
-ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64 sparc"
+ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86"
 
 libVersion="0.8.6"
diff --git a/dev-lang/python/python-2.7.15.recipe b/dev-lang/python/python-2.7.15.recipe
index 4d25a1b63..1b694a345 100644
--- a/dev-lang/python/python-2.7.15.recipe
+++ b/dev-lang/python/python-2.7.15.recipe
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ CHECKSUM_SHA256="22d9b1ac5b26135ad2b8c2901a9413537e08749a753356ee913c84dbd2df557
 SOURCE_DIR="Python-$portVersion"
 PATCHES="python-$portVersion.patchset"
 
-ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64 sparc"
+ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"
 
 GLOBAL_WRITABLE_FILES="
 	non-packaged/lib/python2.7/site-packages directory keep-old
diff --git a/dev-libs/expat/expat-2.2.6.recipe b/dev-libs/expat/expat-2.2.6.recipe
index f0675780e..2cba92c8b 100644
--- a/dev-libs/expat/expat-2.2.6.recipe
+++ b/dev-libs/expat/expat-2.2.6.recipe
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SOURCE_URI="https://downloads.sourceforge.net/expat/expat-$portVersion.tar.bz2"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="17b43c2716d521369f82fc2dc70f359860e90fa440bea65b3b85f0b246ea81f2"
 PATCHES="expat-$portVersion.patchset"
 
-ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64 ?arm sparc"
+ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64 ?arm"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86"
 
 libVersion=1.6.8
diff --git a/dev-libs/gmp/gmp-6.1.2.recipe b/dev-libs/gmp/gmp-6.1.2.recipe
index a3f046070..ced2acdce 100644
--- a/dev-libs/gmp/gmp-6.1.2.recipe
+++ b/dev-libs/gmp/gmp-6.1.2.recipe
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ REVISION="3"
 SOURCE_URI="https://gmplib.org/download/gmp/gmp-$portVersion.tar.xz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="87b565e89a9a684fe4ebeeddb8399dce2599f9c9049854ca8c0dfbdea0e21912"
 
-ARCHITECTURES="x86 x86_64 sparc"
+ARCHITECTURES="x86 x86_64"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86"
 
 PROVIDES="
diff --git a/dev-libs/icu/icu-60.1.recipe b/dev-libs/icu/icu-60.1.recipe
index 3156dd2c7..e73687ce4 100644
--- a/dev-libs/icu/icu-60.1.recipe
+++ b/dev-libs/icu/icu-60.1.recipe
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ CHECKSUM_SHA256_3="bbb920c6e67de8d9dcc0f0ec5554870170d0cb5eff6f0bc9881efc605f682
 SOURCE_DIR="icu"
 PATCHES="icu-$portVersion.patchset"
 
-ARCHITECTURES="?x86_gcc2 ?x86 ?x86_64 ?arm sparc"
+ARCHITECTURES="?x86_gcc2 ?x86 ?x86_64 ?arm"
 # leave inactive until full testing can be done
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="?x86"
 
diff --git a/dev-libs/libffi/libffi-3.2.1.recipe b/dev-libs/libffi/libffi-3.2.1.recipe
index 5528d6287..be434e752 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libffi/libffi-3.2.1.recipe
+++ b/dev-libs/libffi/libffi-3.2.1.recipe
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SOURCE_URI="ftp://sourceware.org/pub/libffi/libffi-$portVersion.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="d06ebb8e1d9a22d19e38d63fdb83954253f39bedc5d46232a05645685722ca37"
 PATCHES="libffi-$portVersion.patchset"
 
-ARCHITECTURES="!x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64 sparc"
+ARCHITECTURES="!x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="!x86_gcc2 x86"
 
 PROVIDES="
diff --git a/dev-libs/libiconv/libiconv-1.15.recipe b/dev-libs/libiconv/libiconv-1.15.recipe
index 3dad50010..14aad2a39 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libiconv/libiconv-1.15.recipe
+++ b/dev-libs/libiconv/libiconv-1.15.recipe
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ REVISION="4"
 SOURCE_URI="https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/libiconv/libiconv-$portVersion.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="ccf536620a45458d26ba83887a983b96827001e92a13847b45e4925cc8913178"
 
-ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64 arm sparc"
+ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64 arm"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86"
 
 libiconvVersion="2.6.0"
diff --git a/dev-libs/libsolv/libsolv-0.7.2.recipe b/dev-libs/libsolv/libsolv-0.7.2.recipe
index 1b3f2168e..2d60ee657 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libsolv/libsolv-0.7.2.recipe
+++ b/dev-libs/libsolv/libsolv-0.7.2.recipe
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ SOURCE_URI="https://github.com/openSUSE/libsolv/archive/$portVersion.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="8aa19c6726789f500e7301180608d09e6af99d75a2d336435686ae438bd9933e"
 SOURCE_FILENAME="libsolv-$portVersion.tar.gz"
 
-ARCHITECTURES="?x86_gcc2 ?x86 ?x86_64 ?ppc ?arm sparc"
+ARCHITECTURES="?x86_gcc2 ?x86 ?x86_64 ?ppc ?arm"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="?x86_gcc2 ?x86"
 
 PROVIDES="
diff --git a/dev-libs/mpc/mpc-1.1.0.recipe b/dev-libs/mpc/mpc-1.1.0.recipe
index 49db98acb..ed128f722 100644
--- a/dev-libs/mpc/mpc-1.1.0.recipe
+++ b/dev-libs/mpc/mpc-1.1.0.recipe
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ REVISION="1"
 SOURCE_URI="https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/mpc/mpc-$portVersion.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="6985c538143c1208dcb1ac42cedad6ff52e267b47e5f970183a3e75125b43c2e"
 
-ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64 sparc"
+ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86"
 
 libVersion="3.1.0"
diff --git a/dev-libs/mpfr/mpfr-3.1.6.recipe b/dev-libs/mpfr/mpfr-3.1.6.recipe
index 830e6d34c..31510ef38 100644
--- a/dev-libs/mpfr/mpfr-3.1.6.recipe
+++ b/dev-libs/mpfr/mpfr-3.1.6.recipe
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ SOURCE_URI="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mpfr/mpfr-$portVersion.tar.bz2"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="cf4f4b2d80abb79e820e78c8077b6725bbbb4e8f41896783c899087be0e94068"
 PATCHES="mpfr-$portVersion.patchset"
 
-ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64 sparc"
+ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86 x86_gcc2"
 
 PROVIDES="
diff --git a/dev-libs/openssl/openssl11-1.1.0f.recipe b/dev-libs/openssl/openssl11-1.1.0f.recipe
index 93bced2f2..f9ee41907 100644
--- a/dev-libs/openssl/openssl11-1.1.0f.recipe
+++ b/dev-libs/openssl/openssl11-1.1.0f.recipe
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ CHECKSUM_SHA256="12f746f3f2493b2f39da7ecf63d7ee19c6ac9ec6a4fcd8c229da8a522cb1276
 SOURCE_DIR="openssl-$portVersion"
 PATCHES="openssl-$portVersion.patchset"
 
-ARCHITECTURES="?x86_gcc2 ?x86 ?x86_64 ?arm ?ppc sparc"
+ARCHITECTURES="?x86_gcc2 ?x86 ?x86_64 ?arm ?ppc"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="?x86_gcc2 ?x86"
 
 libVersion=1.1
diff --git a/dev-util/pkgconfig/pkgconfig-0.29.2.recipe b/dev-util/pkgconfig/pkgconfig-0.29.2.recipe
index 81ff7be8e..e761dc32b 100644
--- a/dev-util/pkgconfig/pkgconfig-0.29.2.recipe
+++ b/dev-util/pkgconfig/pkgconfig-0.29.2.recipe
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ CHECKSUM_SHA256="6fc69c01688c9458a57eb9a1664c9aba372ccda420a02bf4429fe610e7e7d59
 SOURCE_DIR="pkg-config-$portVersion"
 PATCHES="pkgconfig-$portVersion.patchset"
 
-ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64 sparc"
+ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86"
 
 PROVIDES="
diff --git a/media-libs/freetype/freetype-2.9.1.recipe b/media-libs/freetype/freetype-2.9.1.recipe
index 8cb6722d7..e4e9e2232 100644
--- a/media-libs/freetype/freetype-2.9.1.recipe
+++ b/media-libs/freetype/freetype-2.9.1.recipe
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ CHECKSUM_SHA256="db8d87ea720ea9d5edc5388fc7a0497bb11ba9fe972245e0f7f4c7e8b1e1e84
 PATCHES="enable-validation-modules.patchset"
 #PATCHES="freetype-subpixel.patchset" # enable patented subpixel rendering
 
-ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64 arm sparc"
+ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64 arm"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86"
 
 PROVIDES="
diff --git a/media-libs/libpng/libpng16-1.6.36.recipe b/media-libs/libpng/libpng16-1.6.36.recipe
index 2a160e556..c860ad015 100644
--- a/media-libs/libpng/libpng16-1.6.36.recipe
+++ b/media-libs/libpng/libpng16-1.6.36.recipe
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SOURCE_URI="https://downloads.sourceforge.net/libpng/libpng-$portVersion.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="ca13c548bde5fb6ff7117cc0bdab38808acb699c0eccb613f0e4697826e1fd7d"
 SOURCE_DIR="libpng-$portVersion"
 
-ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64 arm ?ppc sparc"
+ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64 arm ?ppc"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86"
 
 # define libVersion as xy.z.0 when portVersion is x.y.z.
diff --git a/net-libs/nghttp2/nghttp2-1.34.0.recipe b/net-libs/nghttp2/nghttp2-1.34.0.recipe
index 08c48f2b5..fa2028d29 100644
--- a/net-libs/nghttp2/nghttp2-1.34.0.recipe
+++ b/net-libs/nghttp2/nghttp2-1.34.0.recipe
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ REVISION="1"
 SOURCE_URI="https://github.com/nghttp2/nghttp2/releases/download/v$portVersion/nghttp2-$portVersion.tar.xz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="ecb0c013141495e24bd6deca022b5a92097a7848a0c17c4e5af1243a97fa622e"
 
-ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64 sparc"
+ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86"
 
 libVersion="14.17.1"
diff --git a/net-misc/curl/curl-7.62.0.recipe b/net-misc/curl/curl-7.62.0.recipe
index e74ba2ba5..da9da1d6b 100644
--- a/net-misc/curl/curl-7.62.0.recipe
+++ b/net-misc/curl/curl-7.62.0.recipe
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SOURCE_URI="https://curl.haxx.se/download/curl-$portVersion.tar.bz2"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="7802c54076500be500b171fde786258579d60547a3a35b8c5a23d8c88e8f9620"
 ADDITIONAL_FILES="curl.rdef"
 
-ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64 ?arm ?ppc sparc"
+ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64 ?arm ?ppc"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86"
 
 libVersion="4.5.0"
diff --git a/net-misc/openssh/openssh-7.9p1.recipe b/net-misc/openssh/openssh-7.9p1.recipe
index f45b2149e..b1e4f8787 100644
--- a/net-misc/openssh/openssh-7.9p1.recipe
+++ b/net-misc/openssh/openssh-7.9p1.recipe
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ ADDITIONAL_FILES="
 	fix_openssh_config_paths.sh
 	"
 
-ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64 sparc"
+ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"
 
 GLOBAL_WRITABLE_FILES="
 	settings/ssh directory keep-old
diff --git a/sys-apps/coreutils/coreutils-8.29.recipe b/sys-apps/coreutils/coreutils-8.29.recipe
index b37c6dda8..250bec609 100644
--- a/sys-apps/coreutils/coreutils-8.29.recipe
+++ b/sys-apps/coreutils/coreutils-8.29.recipe
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ SOURCE_URI="https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/coreutils/coreutils-$portVersion.tar.xz
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="92d0fa1c311cacefa89853bdb53c62f4110cdfda3820346b59cbd098f40f955e"
 PATCHES="coreutils-$portVersion.patchset"
 
-ARCHITECTURES="?x86_gcc2 ?x86 x86_64 ?arm sparc"
+ARCHITECTURES="?x86_gcc2 ?x86 x86_64 ?arm"
 
 binVersionCompat="$portVersion compat >= ${portVersion%%.*}"
 PROVIDES="
diff --git a/sys-apps/diffutils/diffutils-3.6.recipe b/sys-apps/diffutils/diffutils-3.6.recipe
index 57eb25da6..22213f520 100644
--- a/sys-apps/diffutils/diffutils-3.6.recipe
+++ b/sys-apps/diffutils/diffutils-3.6.recipe
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ SOURCE_URI="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/diffutils/diffutils-$portVersion.tar.xz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="d621e8bdd4b573918c8145f7ae61817d1be9deb4c8d2328a65cea8e11d783bd6"
 PATCHES="diffutils-$portVersion.patchset"
 
-ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64 sparc"
+ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"
 
 PROVIDES="
 	diffutils = $portVersion
diff --git a/sys-apps/groff/groff-1.22.3.recipe b/sys-apps/groff/groff-1.22.3.recipe
index 1b8e501c5..01c21a72e 100644
--- a/sys-apps/groff/groff-1.22.3.recipe
+++ b/sys-apps/groff/groff-1.22.3.recipe
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ REVISION="1"
 SOURCE_URI="https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/groff/groff-$portVersion.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="3a48a9d6c97750bfbd535feeb5be0111db6406ddb7bb79fc680809cda6d828a5"
 
-ARCHITECTURES="?x86_gcc2 ?x86 x86_64 ?arm sparc"
+ARCHITECTURES="?x86_gcc2 ?x86 x86_64 ?arm"
 
 PROVIDES="
 	groff = $portVersion compat >= 1.20
diff --git a/sys-apps/help2man/help2man-1.47.5.recipe b/sys-apps/help2man/help2man-1.47.5.recipe
index d4fbf771a..df9c127b3 100644
--- a/sys-apps/help2man/help2man-1.47.5.recipe
+++ b/sys-apps/help2man/help2man-1.47.5.recipe
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ REVISION="1"
 SOURCE_URI="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/help2man/help2man-$portVersion.tar.xz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="7ca60b2519fdbe97f463fe2df66a6188d18b514bfd44127d985f0234ee2461b1"
 
-ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64 sparc"
+ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"
 
 PROVIDES="
 	help2man = $portVersion
diff --git a/sys-apps/which/which-2.21.recipe b/sys-apps/which/which-2.21.recipe
index ac6479c1d..36a218285 100644
--- a/sys-apps/which/which-2.21.recipe
+++ b/sys-apps/which/which-2.21.recipe
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SOURCE_URI="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/which/which-$portVersion.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="f4a245b94124b377d8b49646bf421f9155d36aa7614b6ebf83705d3ffc76eaad"
 PATCHES="which-$portVersion.patch"
 
-ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64 arm sparc"
+ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64 arm"
 
 PROVIDES="
 	which = $portVersion
diff --git a/sys-devel/binutils/binutils-2.31.1.recipe b/sys-devel/binutils/binutils-2.31.1.recipe
index f286c2683..758d07f00 100644
--- a/sys-devel/binutils/binutils-2.31.1.recipe
+++ b/sys-devel/binutils/binutils-2.31.1.recipe
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ SOURCE_DIR="binutils-$binutilsVersion"
 PATCHES="binutils-$portVersion.patchset"
 
 # disabled on x86: see https://github.com/haikuports/haikuports/issues/1750
-ARCHITECTURES="!x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64 arm ?ppc sparc"
+ARCHITECTURES="!x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64 arm ?ppc"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="!x86"
 
 PROVIDES="
diff --git a/sys-devel/bison/bison-3.0.5.recipe b/sys-devel/bison/bison-3.0.5.recipe
index 52a42cf93..d3311c080 100644
--- a/sys-devel/bison/bison-3.0.5.recipe
+++ b/sys-devel/bison/bison-3.0.5.recipe
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ SOURCE_URI="https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/bison/bison-$portVersion.tar.xz
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="075cef2e814642e30e10e8155e93022e4a91ca38a65aa1d5467d4e969f97f338"
 PATCHES="bison-${portVersion}.patchset"
 
-ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64 ?arm ?ppc sparc"
+ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64 ?arm ?ppc"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86 x86_gcc2"
 
 PROVIDES="
diff --git a/sys-devel/gcc/gcc-7.3.0_2018_05_01.recipe b/sys-devel/gcc/gcc-7.3.0_2018_05_01.recipe
index 11741f4c0..ace15c1bf 100644
--- a/sys-devel/gcc/gcc-7.3.0_2018_05_01.recipe
+++ b/sys-devel/gcc/gcc-7.3.0_2018_05_01.recipe
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ CHECKSUM_SHA256="832ca6ae04636adbb430e865a1451adf6979ab44ca1c8374f61fba65645ce15
 SOURCE_DIR="gcc-$gccVersion"
 PATCHES="gcc-$portVersion.patchset"
 
-ARCHITECTURES="!x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64 ?arm ?ppc sparc"
+ARCHITECTURES="!x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64 ?arm ?ppc"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86"
 
 libatomicSoVersion="1"
diff --git a/sys-libs/ncurses/ncurses6-6.1.recipe b/sys-libs/ncurses/ncurses6-6.1.recipe
index b8593e169..6aa64d611 100644
--- a/sys-libs/ncurses/ncurses6-6.1.recipe
+++ b/sys-libs/ncurses/ncurses6-6.1.recipe
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ CHECKSUM_SHA256="aa057eeeb4a14d470101eff4597d5833dcef5965331be3528c08d99cebaa0d1
 SOURCE_DIR="ncurses-$portVersion"
 PATCHES="ncurses-$portVersion.patchset"
 
-ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64 arm sparc"
+ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64 arm"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86"
 
 libVersion="$portVersion"
diff --git a/sys-libs/readline/readline-7.0.3.recipe b/sys-libs/readline/readline-7.0.3.recipe
index 1896af9f8..e1be4f481 100644
--- a/sys-libs/readline/readline-7.0.3.recipe
+++ b/sys-libs/readline/readline-7.0.3.recipe
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ CHECKSUM_SHA256_002="8747c92c35d5db32eae99af66f17b384abaca961653e185677f9c9a571e
 CHECKSUM_SHA256_003="9e43aa93378c7e9f7001d8174b1beb948deefa6799b6f581673f465b7d9d4780"
 PATCHES="readline-$portVersion.patchset"
 
-ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64 sparc"
+ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86"
 
 PROVIDES="
diff --git a/sys-libs/zlib/zlib-1.2.11.recipe b/sys-libs/zlib/zlib-1.2.11.recipe
index ef60474cf..0bee60fb9 100644
--- a/sys-libs/zlib/zlib-1.2.11.recipe
+++ b/sys-libs/zlib/zlib-1.2.11.recipe
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ SOURCE_URI="http://zlib.net/fossils/zlib-$portVersion.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="c3e5e9fdd5004dcb542feda5ee4f0ff0744628baf8ed2dd5d66f8ca1197cb1a1"
 PATCHES="zlib-$portVersion.patchset"
 
-ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64 arm ?ppc sparc"
+ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64 arm ?ppc"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86"
 
 PROVIDES="