diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libvorbis/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libvorbis/package.py
index 9f4fc58fc99..cfd0420ca36 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libvorbis/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libvorbis/package.py
@@ -22,5 +22,8 @@ class Libvorbis(AutotoolsPackage):
 
     depends_on("pkgconfig", type="build")
 
+    def patch(self):
+        filter_file(r"-force_cpusubtype_ALL", "", "configure", string=True)
+
     # `make check` crashes when run in parallel
     parallel = False