diff --git a/config.conf b/config.conf
index d18b25b..ddbb153 100644
--- a/config.conf
+++ b/config.conf
@@ -17,16 +17,13 @@
 
 +alpha		alpha/smp
 
-+ppc		ppc/default
-+ppc		ppc/smp
-+ppc		ppc/power3
-+ppc		ppc/pmac64_32bit
-+ppc		ppc64/iseries64
-+ppc		ppc64/pseries64
-+ppc		ppc64/pmac64
-+ppc64		ppc64/iseries64
-+ppc64		ppc64/pseries64
-+ppc64		ppc64/pmac64
++PPC		ppc/default
++PPC		ppc/smp
++PPC		ppc/power3
++PPC		ppc/pmac64_32bit
++PPC		ppc64/iseries64
++PPC		ppc64/pseries64
++PPC		ppc64/pmac64
 
 +s390		s390/s390
 +s390x		s390/s390x
diff --git a/misc/build-most-recent-kernel b/misc/build-most-recent-kernel
index a41b5ae..95a6232 100755
--- a/misc/build-most-recent-kernel
+++ b/misc/build-most-recent-kernel
@@ -175,10 +175,14 @@ build_rpm() {
 # Get certain flavors in front of others
 schwartz_sort() {
     for word in "$@"; do
+	case word in
+	ppc64/*)	echo "0" ;;  # ppc64 before ppc
+	*)		echo "1" ;;
+	esac
 	case $word in
-	default)    echo "0 $word" ;;
-	smp)	    echo "1 $word" ;;
-	*)	    echo "2 $word" ;;
+	*/default)	echo "0 $word" ;;
+	*/smp)		echo "1 $word" ;;
+	*)		echo "2 $word" ;;
 	esac
     done \
     | sort \
@@ -397,12 +401,9 @@ if setup="$(update_and_prepare "${archs[*]}" "${rnums[*]}")" \
 	    configs="$($directory/scripts/guards \
 	    		  $($directory/scripts/arch-symbols $arch) \
 			  < $directory/config.conf)"
-	    flavors=$(schwartz_sort $(
-		shopt -s nullglob
-		for config in $configs; do
-		    flavor=${config##*/}
-		    echo $flavor
-		done))
+	    flavors=$(echo "$configs" \
+		      | schwartz_sort \
+		      | sed -e 's,.*/,,')
 	    flavors="$flavors source"
 	else
 	    flavors=$opt_flavors