diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 83cb4144eb..d609c4eef5 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ then
 			#
 			# python distutils found, get settings from python directly
 			#
-			PYTHON_CFLAGS="`$PYTHON -c 'from distutils import sysconfig; flags = [[\"-I\" + sysconfig.get_python_inc(0), \"-I\" + sysconfig.get_python_inc(1), \" \".join(sysconfig.get_config_var(\"CFLAGS\").split())]]; print(\" \".join(flags));'`"
+			PYTHON_CFLAGS="`$PYTHON -c 'from distutils import sysconfig; flags = [[\"-I\" + sysconfig.get_python_inc(0), \"-I\" + sysconfig.get_python_inc(1), \" \".join(sysconfig.get_config_var(\"CFLAGS\").split())]]; print(\" \".join(flags));' | sed -e 's:-arch \(i386\|x86_64\)\+::g'`"
 			PYTHON_LDFLAGS="`$PYTHON -c 'from distutils import sysconfig; libs = sysconfig.get_config_var(\"LIBS\").split() + sysconfig.get_config_var(\"SYSLIBS\").split(); libs.append(\"-lpython\"+sysconfig.get_config_var(\"VERSION\")); print(\" \".join(libs));'`"
 			PYTHON_LIB="`$PYTHON -c 'from distutils import sysconfig; print(\"python\" + sysconfig.get_config_var(\"VERSION\"));'`"
 			PYTHON_LIBDIR="`$PYTHON -c 'from distutils import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_config_var(\"LIBDIR\"));'`"