diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 9da66462..c3121cdc 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+llvm-toolchain-7 (1:7~+rc1-1~exp4) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  [ John Paul Adrian Glaubitz ]
+  * Don't build with ld.gold on powerpcspe
+
+ -- John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de>  Tue, 21 Aug 2018 23:50:12 +0200
+
 llvm-toolchain-7 (1:7~+rc1-1~exp3) experimental; urgency=medium
 
   * dh_strip should be verbose
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 8aa78783..7cd4fe5a 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ else
 	control_vars = '-Vdep:devlibs=libstdc++6-$(GCC_VERSION)-dev'
 endif
 
-BINUTILS_GOLD_ARCHS := amd64 arm64 armhf i386 powerpcspe ppc64 ppc64el sparc sparc64 x32 s390x
+BINUTILS_GOLD_ARCHS := amd64 arm64 armhf i386 ppc64 ppc64el sparc sparc64 x32 s390x
 ifeq ($(shell dpkg --compare-versions $(shell dpkg-query -W -f '$${Version}' binutils) ge 2.23.1-1~exp3 ; echo $$?),0)
 ifneq (,$(filter $(DEB_HOST_ARCH),$(BINUTILS_GOLD_ARCHS)))
 # -fused-ld=gold enables the gold linker (but is not supported by all archs / distro)