diff --git a/libraries/xerces/xerces.SlackBuild b/libraries/xerces/xerces.SlackBuild
index c1b45338ec..e915aeaa3b 100644
--- a/libraries/xerces/xerces.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/xerces/xerces.SlackBuild
@@ -47,4 +47,4 @@ mkdir -p $PKG/install
 cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
 
 cd $PKG
-/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.tgz
+/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
diff --git a/libraries/xerces/xerces.info b/libraries/xerces/xerces.info
index a783592a9d..c33ced5959 100644
--- a/libraries/xerces/xerces.info
+++ b/libraries/xerces/xerces.info
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ PRGNAM="xerces"
 VERSION="2.9.0"
 HOMEPAGE="http://xerces.apache.org/"
 DOWNLOAD="http://apache.cs.utah.edu/xml/xerces-j/Xerces-J-bin.2.9.0.tar.gz"
+DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM="138f2d1cddd823281d5dfb700f2bd7d4"
+MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 MAINTAINER="Vincent Batts"
 EMAIL="vbatts@hashbangbash.com"
 APPROVED="rworkman"