diff --git a/sys/net/bpf_filter.c b/sys/net/bpf_filter.c
index 0f0a6baf39b..7207efb8c70 100644
--- a/sys/net/bpf_filter.c
+++ b/sys/net/bpf_filter.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #endif
 
-#if defined(sparc) || defined(mips) || defined(ibm032) || defined(__alpha__) || defined(__ia64__)
+#if defined(__alpha__) || defined(__ia64__) || defined(__sparc64__)
 #define BPF_ALIGN
 #endif