diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f97177f844..8e5fea5e37 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-03-23  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
+
+	* gst/goom/Makefile.am:
+	  Remove ppc assembler optimisations from the build until they
+	  actually build (they also seem to have GPL headers).
+
 2008-03-23  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
 
 	* m4/Makefile.am:
diff --git a/gst/goom/Makefile.am b/gst/goom/Makefile.am
index 0dec96a4af..4a2ae2f0a1 100644
--- a/gst/goom/Makefile.am
+++ b/gst/goom/Makefile.am
@@ -4,10 +4,14 @@ PPC_FILES=ppc_zoom_ultimate.s ppc_drawings.s ppc_drawings.h ppc_zoom_ultimate.h
 MMX_FILES=mmx.c xmmx.c mmx.h xmmx.h
 
 if HAVE_CPU_PPC
-ARCH_FILES = $(PPC_FILES)
+# disable until someone figures out how to build these correctly on ppc
+#ARCH_FILES = $(PPC_FILES)
+ARCH_FILES =
 endif
 if HAVE_CPU_PPC64
-ARCH_FILES = $(PPC_FILES)
+# disable until someone figures out how to build these correctly on ppc
+#ARCH_FILES = $(PPC_FILES)
+ARCH_FILES =
 endif
 if HAVE_CPU_I386
 ARCH_FILES = $(MMX_FILES)