diff --git a/pacman/PKGBUILD b/pacman/PKGBUILD
index f62d1f07d8..4eb563ac80 100644
--- a/pacman/PKGBUILD
+++ b/pacman/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 pkgname=pacman
 pkgver=7.0.0.r3.g7736133
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=1.1
 # use annotated tag and patch level commit from release branch (can be empty for no patches)
 _git_tag=7.0.0
 _git_patch_level_commit=77361331ae3864c6ea880e715c5864d59336f275
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ package() {
       _LDFLAGS="-Wl,--no-warn-rwx-segments -Wl,--no-warn-execstack"
     ;;
     powerpc64le)
-      _CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -mcpu=power9 -mabi=altivec -maltivec"
+      _CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -mcpu=power8"
     ;;
     powerpc64)
       _CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -mcpu=powerpc64 -mabi=altivec -maltivec"