diff --git a/checks/architecture/combined.cpp b/checks/architecture/combined.cpp
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+// combined.cpp
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2012 Steven Watanabe
+//               2014 Oliver Kowalke
+//
+// Distributed under the Boost Software License Version 1.0. (See
+// accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
+// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+#if !defined(i386) && !defined(__i386__) && !defined(__i386) \
+    && !defined(__i486__) && !defined(__i586__) && !defined(__i686__) \
+    && !defined(_M_IX86) && !defined(__X86__) && !defined(_X86_) \
+    && !defined(__THW_INTEL__) && !defined(__I86__) && !defined(__INTEL__) \
+    && !defined(__amd64__) && !defined(__x86_64__) && !defined(__amd64) \
+    && !defined(__x86_64) && !defined(_M_X64) \
+    && !defined(__powerpc) && !defined(__powerpc__) && !defined(__ppc) \
+    && !defined(__ppc__) && !defined(_M_PPC) && !defined(_ARCH_PPC) \
+    && !defined(__POWERPC__) && !defined(__PPCGECKO__) \
+    && !defined(__PPCBROADWAY) && !defined(_XENON)
+#error "Not combined"
+#endif