diff --git a/libmpeg2/cpu_state.c b/libmpeg2/cpu_state.c
index 1ef77b7cea..52cb08b80c 100644
--- a/libmpeg2/cpu_state.c
+++ b/libmpeg2/cpu_state.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static void state_restore_mmx (cpu_state_t * state)
 }
 #endif
 
-#if defined(ARCH_PPC) && defined(HAVE_ALTIVEC)
+#ifdef ARCH_PPC
 #if defined(__APPLE_CC__)	/* apple */
 #define LI(a,b) "li r" #a "," #b "\n\t"
 #define STVX0(a,b,c) "stvx v" #a ",0,r" #c "\n\t"
diff --git a/libmpeg2/libmpeg-0.4.1.diff b/libmpeg2/libmpeg-0.4.1.diff
index a523582559..103cc20d38 100644
--- a/libmpeg2/libmpeg-0.4.1.diff
+++ b/libmpeg2/libmpeg-0.4.1.diff
@@ -95,8 +95,7 @@
 @@ -48,18 +48,18 @@
  #endif
  
--#ifdef ARCH_PPC
-+#if defined(ARCH_PPC) && defined(HAVE_ALTIVEC)
+ #ifdef ARCH_PPC
 -#ifdef HAVE_ALTIVEC_H	/* gnu */
 -#define LI(a,b) "li " #a "," #b "\n\t"
 -#define STVX0(a,b,c) "stvx " #a ",0," #c "\n\t"