diff --git a/emulators/qemu-devel/Makefile b/emulators/qemu-devel/Makefile
index 7ba7fbcb6e24c..f27fe4e1ed43b 100644
--- a/emulators/qemu-devel/Makefile
+++ b/emulators/qemu-devel/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ WWW=		https://www.qemu.org/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
-ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=	amd64 i386 powerpc powerpc64 powerpc64 powerpc64le
+ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=	amd64 i386 powerpc powerpc64 powerpc64
+# Fails to build on powerpc64le
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	sphinx-build:textproc/py-sphinx \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}sphinx_rtd_theme>0:textproc/py-sphinx_rtd_theme@${PY_FLAVOR} \