diff --git a/testing/wasmtime/APKBUILD b/testing/wasmtime/APKBUILD
index 529927286bb..b5e4ee1db50 100644
--- a/testing/wasmtime/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/wasmtime/APKBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ pkgver=39.0.1
 pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="Fast and secure runtime for WebAssembly"
 url="https://wasmtime.dev/"
-arch="all"
+arch="all !armv7 !armhf" # arm*: runs out of memory during build
 license="Apache-2.0"
 depends_dev="libwasmtime=$pkgver-r$pkgrel"
 makedepends="