diff --git a/srcpkgs/chroot-binutils/template b/srcpkgs/chroot-binutils/template
index 47a4d2bbdcd..fddeefa98e3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/chroot-binutils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/chroot-binutils/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'chroot-binutils'
 pkgname=chroot-binutils
 version=2.23.51.0.3
-revision=1
+revision=2
 wrksrc="binutils-${version}"
 short_desc="GNU binary utilities -- for xbps-src use"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
@@ -9,37 +9,28 @@ homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/"
 license="GPL-3"
 distfiles="${KERNEL_SITE}/devel/binutils/binutils-$version.tar.xz"
 checksum=2162905dabf191a2a803eab8d31e7be52d96d6ccd1e0ce42e25d82c6be918cd0
-long_desc="
- The GNU binutils package contains essential tools to assemble, link and
- manipulate binary and object files. They are often used with a compiler
- and additional libraries for building software.
-
- It includes the GNU linker, the portable GNU assembler, ar for modifying
- archives (such as libraries), nm for listing symbols from object files,
- objdump for displaying object file information, ranlib for generating
- archive indexes, size for listing section sizes of object files,
- strings for outputing the printable characters in files, strip for
- stripping out symbols (like debugging information) from object files,
- and other tools.
-
- This package is only meant to be used by xbps-src, don't install it manually."
 
 if [ -n "$IN_CHROOT" ]; then
 	makedepends="flex perl"
 fi
 
+noverifyrdeps=yes
 bootstrap=yes
 provides="binutils-${version}"
 conflicts="binutils>=0"
 
 do_configure() {
+	if [ "${XBPS_MACHINE}" = "x86_64" ]; then
+		CONFIGFLAG="--enable-64-bit-bfd --enable-multilib"
+	fi
+
 	./configure ${CONFIGURE_SHARED_ARGS} --disable-shared \
-		--enable-threads --disable-plugins --enable-64-bit-bfd \
-		--with-mmap --disable-bootstrap --enable-multilib
+		--enable-threads --disable-plugins \
+		--with-mmap --disable-bootstrap ${CONFIGFLAG}
 }
 
 do_build() {
-	make
+	make ${makejobs}
 }
 
 do_install() {