diff --git a/dev-python/pandas/pandas-0.23.4.recipe b/dev-python/pandas/pandas-0.23.4.recipe
index 6fdbc47fe..a32a933bd 100644
--- a/dev-python/pandas/pandas-0.23.4.recipe
+++ b/dev-python/pandas/pandas-0.23.4.recipe
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ REVISION="1"
 SOURCE_URI="https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/p/pandas/pandas-$portVersion.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="5b24ca47acf69222e82530e89111dd9d14f9b970ab2cd3a1c2c78f0c4fbba4f4"
 
-ARCHITECTURES="!x86_gcc2 ?x86 ?x86_64"
-SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="?x86"
+ARCHITECTURES="!x86_gcc2 ?x86 x86_64"
+SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="!x86"
 
 PROVIDES="
 	pandas$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
@@ -35,31 +35,15 @@ BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 PYTHON_PACKAGES=()
 PYTHON_VERSIONS=()
 PYTHON_LIBSUFFIXES=()
-# We don't have python2 for secondaryArch
-if [ -z "$secondaryArchSuffix" ]; then
-	PYTHON_PACKAGES+=(python)
-	PYTHON_VERSIONS+=(2.7)
-	PYTHON_LIBSUFFIXES+=("")
-	BUILD_REQUIRES+="
-		setuptools_python
-		cython_python
-		python_numpy
-		dateutil_python
-		pytz_python
-		"
-	BUILD_PREREQUIRES+="
-		cmd:python2
-		"
-fi
 # gcc2 does not support the flags passed by python3
 if [ "$effectiveTargetArchitecture" != x86_gcc2 ]; then
 	PYTHON_PACKAGES+=(python3)
-	PYTHON_VERSIONS+=(3.6)
+	PYTHON_VERSIONS+=(3.7)
 	PYTHON_LIBSUFFIXES+=(m)
 	BUILD_REQUIRES+="
 		setuptools_python3
 		cython_python3$secondaryArchSuffix
-		python3_numpy$secondaryArchSuffix
+		numpy${secondaryArchSuffix}_python3
 		dateutil_python3
 		pytz_python3
 		"
@@ -102,6 +86,7 @@ BUILD()
 		cd "$sourceDir"-$pythonPackage
 
 		python=python$pythonVersion
+		$python setup.py build_ext --inplace
 		$python setup.py build
 	done
 }