diff --git a/dev-python/ifaddr/metadata.xml b/dev-python/ifaddr/metadata.xml
index a9f519e262865..2307d06c0e503 100644
--- a/dev-python/ifaddr/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/ifaddr/metadata.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 		<email>prometheanfire@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Matthew Thode</name>
 	</maintainer>
+	<!-- not suitable for ALLARCHES - uses cdll -->
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="pypi">ifaddr</remote-id>
 	</upstream>