diff --git a/buildscript.sh b/buildscript.sh
index b597265f475008cbbea6fd9e1f041005bb2e4f9a..ad51c30a06a100b7f8453f6c1823be0254c660f4 100644
--- a/buildscript.sh
+++ b/buildscript.sh
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@ set -e
 echo ${MAXIMA_VERSION?Error \$MAXIMA_VERSION is not defined} \
      ${SBCL_VERSION?Error \$SBCL_VERSION is not defined}
 
-SBCL_ARCH=$(dpkg --print-architecture)
-if [ $SBCL_ARCH = amd64 ]; then
-	SBCL_ARCH=x86-64
-fi
-
 apt-get update
 apt-get install -y bzip2 make wget python3 gcc texinfo curl libcap2-bin