diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 4a3b8e8381..4f0598124e 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,16 +3,16 @@ Section: libs
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>, Dmitry Shachnev <mitya57@debian.org>, Jeremy Bícha <jbicha@ubuntu.com>
-Build-Depends: adwaita-icon-theme (>= 45.0-4~) <!nocheck>,
-               at-spi2-core <!nocheck>,
-               dbus-daemon <!nocheck>,
+Build-Depends: adwaita-icon-theme (>= 45.0-4~) [!armel !armhf !hppa !m68k !powerpc !sh4] <!nocheck>,
+               at-spi2-core [!armel !armhf !hppa !m68k !powerpc !sh4] <!nocheck>,
+               dbus-daemon [!armel !armhf !hppa !m68k !powerpc !sh4] <!nocheck>,
                debhelper-compat (= 13),
                dh-sequence-gir,
                docbook-xml <!nodoc>,
                docbook-xsl <!nodoc>,
                dpkg-dev (>= 1.22.5),
-               fonts-cantarell <!nocheck>,
-               fonts-dejavu-core <!nocheck>,
+               fonts-cantarell [!armel !armhf !hppa !m68k !powerpc !sh4] <!nocheck>,
+               fonts-dejavu-core [!armel !armhf !hppa !m68k !powerpc !sh4] <!nocheck>,
                gir1.2-atk-1.0-dev <pkg.gobject-introspection.todo>,
                gir1.2-cairo-1.0-dev | libgirepository1.0-dev,
                gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0-dev,
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Build-Depends: adwaita-icon-theme (>= 45.0-4~) <!nocheck>,
                gnome-pkg-tools (>= 0.11),
                gobject-introspection (>= 1.78.1-9~) | libgirepository1.0-dev (>= 1.41.3),
                gobject-introspection (>= 1.78.1-9~) <cross>,
-               gsettings-desktop-schemas <!nocheck>,
+               gsettings-desktop-schemas [!armel !armhf !hppa !m68k !powerpc !sh4] <!nocheck>,
                libatk-bridge2.0-dev (>= 2.15.1),
                libatk1.0-dev (>= 2.35.1),
                libcairo2-dev (>= 1.14.0),
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Build-Depends: adwaita-icon-theme (>= 45.0-4~) <!nocheck>,
                libharfbuzz-dev (>= 2.2.0),
                libjson-glib-dev:native,
                libpango1.0-dev (>= 1.44.0),
-               librsvg2-common [amd64 arm64 armel armhf i386 mips64el mipsel ppc64el s390x powerpc ppc64 riscv64 sparc64] <!nocheck>,
+               librsvg2-common [amd64 arm64 i386 mips64el ppc64el s390x ppc64 riscv64 sparc64] <!nocheck>,
                libwayland-dev (>= 1.14.91) [linux-any],
                libx11-dev,
                libxcomposite-dev,
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ Build-Depends: adwaita-icon-theme (>= 45.0-4~) <!nocheck>,
                pkgconf:native,
                sassc,
                wayland-protocols (>= 1.17) [linux-any],
-               xauth <!nocheck>,
+               xauth [!armel !armhf !hppa !m68k !powerpc !sh4] <!nocheck>,
                xsltproc <!nodoc>,
-               xvfb <!nocheck>
+               xvfb [!armel !armhf !hppa !m68k !powerpc !sh4] <!nocheck>,
 Build-Depends-Indep: gtk-doc-tools (>= 1.20) <!nodoc>,
                      libatk1.0-doc <!nodoc>,
                      libcairo2-doc <!nodoc>,
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index adf753e7cf..12cc8f82be 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ endif
 override_dh_auto_test:
 # The tests require librsvg2-common which is only available on architectures
 # where rust has been ported to, disable the tests on the other ones
-ifneq (,$(filter $(DEB_HOST_ARCH), amd64 arm64 armel armhf i386 mips64el mipsel ppc64el s390x powerpc ppc64 riscv64 sparc64))
+ifneq (,$(filter $(DEB_HOST_ARCH), amd64 arm64 i386 mips64el ppc64el s390x ppc64 riscv64 sparc64))
 ifeq (,$(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
 	# So that gsettings can find the (uninstalled) gtk schemas
 	mkdir -p debian/build/glib-2.0/schemas/