diff --git a/academic/MetaPhlAn2/MetaPhlAn2.SlackBuild b/academic/MetaPhlAn2/MetaPhlAn2.SlackBuild
index a64fe00125..99d17512b7 100644
--- a/academic/MetaPhlAn2/MetaPhlAn2.SlackBuild
+++ b/academic/MetaPhlAn2/MetaPhlAn2.SlackBuild
@@ -31,14 +31,8 @@ TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
 
 COMMIT=4e4416321c75828ac8ea55d36f5a65ebd39058c5
+ARCH=noarch
 
-if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
-  case "$( uname -m )" in
-    i?86) ARCH=i586 ;;
-    arm*) ARCH=arm ;;
-       *) ARCH=$( uname -m ) ;;
-  esac
-fi
 # If the variable PRINT_PACKAGE_NAME is set, then this script will report what
 # the name of the created package would be, and then exit. This information
 # could be useful to other scripts.
@@ -51,8 +45,6 @@ TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
 PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
 OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
 
-ARCH=noarch
-
 set -e
 
 # Construct the source tarball name.
diff --git a/academic/MetaPhlAn2/MetaPhlAn2.info b/academic/MetaPhlAn2/MetaPhlAn2.info
index af4e05652d..361177bab3 100644
--- a/academic/MetaPhlAn2/MetaPhlAn2.info
+++ b/academic/MetaPhlAn2/MetaPhlAn2.info
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/biobakery/MetaPhlAn2/archive/4e4416/4e4416321c75828
 MD5SUM="7f07d766a84b0da247a404c05e6f9eb6"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
-REQUIRES="pysam biopython msgpack-python pandas scipy DendroPy bowtie2 muscle samtools-legacy bcftools ncbi-blast+ RAxML"
+REQUIRES="pysam biopython msgpack-python pandas python2-scipy DendroPy bowtie2 muscle samtools-legacy bcftools ncbi-blast+ RAxML"
 MAINTAINER="Petar Petrov"
 EMAIL="slackalaxy@gmail.com"