diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 771b368..6b873fd 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -289,14 +289,6 @@ func (b *BuildManager) parseWorker() {
 
 			if !pkg.isAvailable(alpmHandle) {
 				log.Debugf("[%s/%s] Not available on mirror, skipping build", pkg.FullRepo, pkg.Pkgbase)
-				pkg.toDbPackage(false)
-				if pkg.DbPackage != nil {
-					err := pkg.DbPackage.Update().SetStatus(dbpackage.StatusSkipped).SetSkipReason("package not present on mirror").Exec(context.Background())
-					if err != nil {
-						log.Warningf("Error updating package %s: %v", pkg.Pkgbase, err)
-					}
-				}
-
 				b.parseWG.Done()
 				continue
 			}
diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
index 3a2e73b..67d94b8 100644
--- a/utils.go
+++ b/utils.go
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ type BuildPackage struct {
 	Pkgbase   string
 	Pkgbuild  string
 	Srcinfo   *srcinfo.Srcinfo
+	Arch      string
 	PkgFiles  []string
 	Repo      dbpackage.Repository
 	March     string
@@ -177,6 +178,12 @@ func (path Package) Version() string {
 	return strings.Join(fNameSplit[len(fNameSplit)-3:len(fNameSplit)-1], "-")
 }
 
+func (path Package) Arch() string {
+	fNameSplit := strings.Split(filepath.Base(string(path)), "-")
+	fNameSplit = strings.Split(fNameSplit[len(fNameSplit)-1], ".")
+	return fNameSplit[0]
+}
+
 func statusId2string(s dbpackage.Status) string {
 	switch s {
 	case dbpackage.StatusSkipped:
@@ -579,6 +586,10 @@ func (p *BuildPackage) isAvailable(h *alpm.Handle) bool {
 		return false
 	}
 
+	if p.Srcinfo != nil && p.Srcinfo.Arch[0] != pkg.Architecture() {
+		return false
+	}
+
 	return true
 }
 
@@ -792,6 +803,7 @@ func housekeeping(repo string, wg *sync.WaitGroup) error {
 			FullRepo:  mPackage.FullRepo(),
 			DbPackage: dbPkg,
 			March:     mPackage.MArch(),
+			Arch:      mPackage.Arch(),
 		}
 
 		var upstream string
@@ -811,7 +823,7 @@ func housekeeping(repo string, wg *sync.WaitGroup) error {
 		buildManager.alpmMutex.Lock()
 		pkgResolved, err := dbs.FindSatisfier(dbPkg.Packages[0])
 		buildManager.alpmMutex.Unlock()
-		if err != nil || pkgResolved.DB().Name() != pkg.DbPackage.Repository.String() || pkgResolved.DB().Name() != pkg.Repo.String() {
+		if err != nil || pkgResolved.DB().Name() != pkg.DbPackage.Repository.String() || pkgResolved.DB().Name() != pkg.Repo.String() || pkgResolved.Architecture() != pkg.Arch {
 			// package not found on mirror/db -> not part of any repo anymore
 			log.Infof("[HK/%s/%s] not included in repo", pkg.FullRepo, pkg.Pkgbase)
 			buildManager.repoPurge[pkg.FullRepo] <- []*BuildPackage{pkg}