diff --git a/app-arch/mscompress/mscompress-0.3-r2.ebuild b/app-arch/mscompress/mscompress-0.3-r2.ebuild
index d2ca43f043692..d25dbccb536a1 100644
--- a/app-arch/mscompress/mscompress-0.3-r2.ebuild
+++ b/app-arch/mscompress/mscompress-0.3-r2.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ src_prepare() {
 
 src_configure() {
 	tc-export CC
-	[[ $(tc-arch) == ppc* ]] && append-flags -fsigned-char
+	# bug #148320
+	append-flags -fsigned-char
 	econf
 }