diff --git a/mame.spec b/mame.spec
index 1caedfa..c707e88 100644
--- a/mame.spec
+++ b/mame.spec
@@ -215,12 +215,10 @@ MAME_FLAGS="NOWERROR=1 OPTIMIZE=2 PYTHON_EXECUTABLE=python3 VERBOSE=1 \
     USE_SYSTEM_LIB_ZLIB=1 \
     SDL_INI_PATH=%{_sysconfdir}/%{name};"
 
-#standard -g causes builder to run out of memory
-%ifarch %{arm} %{ix86} riscv64 s390x
+#standard -g caused problems with OOM or relocation overflows
 RPM_OPT_FLAGS=$(echo $RPM_OPT_FLAGS | sed "s@-g@-g1@")
-%endif
-#standard linker flags cause ld to fail due to insufficient memory
-%ifarch %{arm} aarch64 %{ix86} x86_64
+#32-bit architectures need even more measures
+%ifarch %{arm} %{ix86}
 RPM_LD_FLAGS="$RPM_LD_FLAGS -Wl,--no-keep-memory -Wl,--reduce-memory-overheads"
 %endif
 
@@ -355,7 +353,7 @@ find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/%{name} -name LICENSE -exec rm {} \;
 * Thu Aug 30 2018 Julian Sikorski <belegdol@fedoraproject.org> - 0.201-1
 - Updated to 0.201
 - Dropped upstreamed imgtool patch
-- Expanded the list of architectures using memory-saving linker flags
+- Expanded the list of architectures using memory-saving measures
 
 * Tue Jul 31 2018 Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> - 0.200-3
 - Rebuild with fixed binutils