--- PyTables-v.3.2.0/tables/utilsextension.pyx~ 2015-05-06 10:10:43.000000000 -0400 +++ PyTables-v.3.2.0/tables/utilsextension.pyx 2015-05-07 19:03:11.439144042 -0400 @@ -276,11 +276,6 @@ # http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=661286). # This function has been written by Julian Taylor . def _arch_without_blosc(): - import platform - arch = platform.machine().lower() - for a in ("arm", "sparc", "mips", "aarch64"): - if a in arch: - return True return False if blosc_version and blosc_version < ('1', '4') and _arch_without_blosc():