diff --git a/community/notcurses/APKBUILD b/community/notcurses/APKBUILD
index d51f1ff9eb9..bb9176d1287 100644
--- a/community/notcurses/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/notcurses/APKBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ pkgver=2.0.11
 pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="Blingful character graphics and TUI library"
 url="https://nick-black.com/dankwiki/index.php/Notcurses"
-arch="all"
+arch="all !x86" # segfault in testsuite on x86
 license="Apache-2.0"
 makedepends="cmake ncurses-dev linux-headers ffmpeg-dev doctest-dev libunistring-dev"
 subpackages="$pkgname-static $pkgname-dbg $pkgname-dev $pkgname-doc"
diff --git a/testing/growlight/APKBUILD b/testing/growlight/APKBUILD
index a171a4c9c2d..821ffb20b09 100644
--- a/testing/growlight/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/growlight/APKBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ pkgver=1.2.24
 pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="Block device manager"
 url="https://nick-black.com/dankwiki/index.php/Growlight"
-arch="all !s390x" # crc test fails
+arch="all !s390x !x86" # s390x: crc test fails, x86: missing notcurses
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 makedepends="cmake notcurses-dev libatasmart-dev util-linux-dev libcap-dev
 	lvm2-dev cryptsetup-dev nettle-dev pciutils-dev libpciaccess-dev readline-dev