diff --git a/mock/c7-kernel-alt.noarch.cfg b/mock/c7-kernel-alt.noarch.cfg
index aaf51ca..7ffaaeb 100644
--- a/mock/c7-kernel-alt.noarch.cfg
+++ b/mock/c7-kernel-alt.noarch.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 config_opts['root'] = 'TARGETNAME'
-config_opts['target_arch'] = 'x86_64'
+config_opts['target_arch'] = 'noarch'
 config_opts['legal_host_arches'] = ('x86_64','noarch',)
 config_opts['chroot_setup_cmd'] = 'install bash bzip2 coreutils cpio diffutils system-release findutils gawk gcc gcc-c++ grep gzip info make patch redhat-rpm-config rpm-build sed shadow-utils tar unzip util-linux which xz'
 config_opts['dist'] = 'el7'  # only useful for --resultdir variable subst