diff --git a/profiles/arch/amd64/lib32/make.defaults b/profiles/arch/amd64/lib32/make.defaults
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..19b102e42e0ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profiles/arch/amd64/lib32/make.defaults
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+LIBDIR_x86="lib32"
+SYMLINK_LIB="yes"
diff --git a/profiles/arch/amd64/lib32/parent b/profiles/arch/amd64/lib32/parent
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f3229c5b98768
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profiles/arch/amd64/lib32/parent
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+..
diff --git a/profiles/arch/amd64/make.defaults b/profiles/arch/amd64/make.defaults
index a9d2cc0549dc6..1ca36a8d4f3db 100644
--- a/profiles/arch/amd64/make.defaults
+++ b/profiles/arch/amd64/make.defaults
@@ -18,10 +18,9 @@ DEFAULT_ABI="amd64"
 ABI="amd64"
 
 LIBDIR_amd64="lib64"
-# TODO: move this to a deprecated subprofile
-LIBDIR_x86="lib32"
+LIBDIR_x86="lib"
 LIBDIR_x32="libx32"
-SYMLINK_LIB="yes"
+SYMLINK_LIB="no"
 
 # 64bit specific settings.
 CFLAGS_amd64="-m64"
diff --git a/profiles/arch/amd64/x32/make.defaults b/profiles/arch/amd64/x32/make.defaults
index 16e4a413a4cc9..ad093457f3a29 100644
--- a/profiles/arch/amd64/x32/make.defaults
+++ b/profiles/arch/amd64/x32/make.defaults
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ DEFAULT_ABI="x32"
 ABI="x32"
 MULTILIB_ABIS="amd64 x86 x32"
 
-LIBDIR_x86="lib"
-SYMLINK_LIB="no"
-
 # Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> (01 Jul 2014)
 # Default to abi_x86_x32 for packages that don't have it forced.
 ABI_X86="x32"
diff --git a/profiles/default/linux/amd64/13.0/parent b/profiles/default/linux/amd64/13.0/parent
index c88a4211ac4e6..644b98fa601f9 100644
--- a/profiles/default/linux/amd64/13.0/parent
+++ b/profiles/default/linux/amd64/13.0/parent
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 ..
-../../../../arch/amd64
+../../../../arch/amd64/lib32
 ../../../../releases/13.0
diff --git a/profiles/default/linux/amd64/17.0/parent b/profiles/default/linux/amd64/17.0/parent
index 7d28da966e47d..ddb69fdcdf84b 100644
--- a/profiles/default/linux/amd64/17.0/parent
+++ b/profiles/default/linux/amd64/17.0/parent
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 ..
-../../../../arch/amd64
+../../../../arch/amd64/lib32
 ../../../../releases/17.0
diff --git a/profiles/default/linux/amd64/dev/parent b/profiles/default/linux/amd64/dev/parent
index 9331107e9c45f..36c90bd12373d 100644
--- a/profiles/default/linux/amd64/dev/parent
+++ b/profiles/default/linux/amd64/dev/parent
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ..
-../../../../arch/amd64
+../../../../arch/amd64/lib32
diff --git a/profiles/hardened/linux/amd64/parent b/profiles/hardened/linux/amd64/parent
index f2e50ba2cf4e4..815cf82784f91 100644
--- a/profiles/hardened/linux/amd64/parent
+++ b/profiles/hardened/linux/amd64/parent
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 ../../../base
 ../../../default/linux
-../../../arch/amd64
+../../../arch/amd64/lib32
 ..