diff --git a/academic/abntex/abntex.SlackBuild b/academic/abntex/abntex.SlackBuild
index 2fc366a416..7993fc7e59 100644
--- a/academic/abntex/abntex.SlackBuild
+++ b/academic/abntex/abntex.SlackBuild
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 PRGNAM=abntex
 VERSION=${VERSION:-0.9_beta2}
-ARCH=${ARCH:-noarch}
+ARCH=noarch
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}