diff --git a/audio/sonic-visualiser/sonic-visualiser.SlackBuild b/audio/sonic-visualiser/sonic-visualiser.SlackBuild
index 002743ceb0..098b5a0cad 100644
--- a/audio/sonic-visualiser/sonic-visualiser.SlackBuild
+++ b/audio/sonic-visualiser/sonic-visualiser.SlackBuild
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 
 # Licensed under the WTFPL. See http://www.wtfpl.net/txt/copying/ for details.
 
+# 20160819 bkw:
+# - parallel build is still broken, revert to -j1
+
 # 20160806 bkw:
 # - updated to 2.5, which means adding a qt5 dep.
 # - fix parallel build.
@@ -27,7 +30,7 @@ TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
   case "$( uname -m )" in
-    i?86) ARCH=i486 ;;
+    i?86) ARCH=i586 ;;
     arm*) ARCH=arm ;;
        *) ARCH=$( uname -m ) ;;
   esac
@@ -38,8 +41,8 @@ TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
 PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
 OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
 
-if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
-  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"
+if [ "$ARCH" = "i586" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i586 -mtune=i686"
   LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
 elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
   SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
@@ -79,13 +82,12 @@ CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
   --docdir=/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION \
   --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux
 
-# parallel build fails from main Makefile, used to have to do this:
-#make -j1
+# this almost allows parallel make to succeed...
+#make -C svcore
+#make
 
-# ...but forcing libsvcore.a to be built first, allows parallel make
-# to succeed.
-make -C svcore
-make
+# parallel build fails, I still want to fix it, but for now...
+make -j1
 
 # There is no 'make install', stick everything where it goes:
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/share/$PRGNAM/samples $PKG/usr/bin