diff --git a/src/arch/dotproductavx.cpp b/src/arch/dotproductavx.cpp
index 59191909ca..f6b132f251 100644
--- a/src/arch/dotproductavx.cpp
+++ b/src/arch/dotproductavx.cpp
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 #if !defined(__AVX__)
-#error Implementation only for AVX capable architectures
-#endif
+ #if defined(__i686__) || defined(__x86_64__)
+  #error Implementation only for AVX capable architectures
+ #endif
+#else
 
 #include <immintrin.h>
 #include <cstdint>
@@ -57,3 +59,5 @@ double DotProductAVX(const double* u, const double* v, int n) {
 }
 
 }  // namespace tesseract.
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/arch/dotproductfma.cpp b/src/arch/dotproductfma.cpp
index 69865f59c2..6e16f192cc 100644
--- a/src/arch/dotproductfma.cpp
+++ b/src/arch/dotproductfma.cpp
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 #if !defined(__FMA__)
-#error Implementation only for FMA capable architectures
-#endif
+ #if defined(__i686__) || defined(__x86_64__)
+  #error Implementation only for FMA capable architectures
+ #endif
+#else
 
 #include <immintrin.h>
 #include <cstdint>
@@ -55,3 +57,5 @@ double DotProductFMA(const double* u, const double* v, int n) {
 }
 
 }  // namespace tesseract.
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/arch/dotproductsse.cpp b/src/arch/dotproductsse.cpp
index 63a2e54619..050bf0d326 100644
--- a/src/arch/dotproductsse.cpp
+++ b/src/arch/dotproductsse.cpp
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 #if !defined(__SSE4_1__)
-#error Implementation only for SSE 4.1 capable architectures
-#endif
+ #if defined(__i686__) || defined(__x86_64__)
+  #error Implementation only for SSE 4.1 capable architectures
+ #endif
+#else
 
 #include <emmintrin.h>
 #include <smmintrin.h>
@@ -79,3 +81,5 @@ double DotProductSSE(const double* u, const double* v, int n) {
 }
 
 }  // namespace tesseract.
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/arch/intsimdmatrixavx2.cpp b/src/arch/intsimdmatrixavx2.cpp
index 6c6902ae2e..85a0049a7e 100644
--- a/src/arch/intsimdmatrixavx2.cpp
+++ b/src/arch/intsimdmatrixavx2.cpp
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 #if !defined(__AVX2__)
-#error Implementation only for AVX2 capable architectures
-#endif
+ #if defined(__i686__) || defined(__x86_64__)
+  #error Implementation only for AVX2 capable architectures
+ #endif
+#else
 
 #include "intsimdmatrix.h"
 
@@ -340,3 +342,5 @@ const IntSimdMatrix IntSimdMatrix::intSimdMatrixAVX2 = {
 };
 
 }  // namespace tesseract.
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/arch/intsimdmatrixsse.cpp b/src/arch/intsimdmatrixsse.cpp
index cb1d5c8bea..9da4f3fb41 100644
--- a/src/arch/intsimdmatrixsse.cpp
+++ b/src/arch/intsimdmatrixsse.cpp
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 #if !defined(__SSE4_1__)
-#error Implementation only for SSE 4.1 capable architectures
-#endif
+ #if defined(__i686__) || defined(__x86_64__)
+  #error Implementation only for SSE 4.1 capable architectures
+ #endif
+#else
 
 #include "intsimdmatrix.h"
 
@@ -102,3 +104,5 @@ const IntSimdMatrix IntSimdMatrix::intSimdMatrixSSE = {
 };
 
 }  // namespace tesseract.
+
+#endif