diff --git a/srcpkgs/paraview/template b/srcpkgs/paraview/template
index 576bffd5847..76c4461098e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/paraview/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/paraview/template
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ license="BSD-3-Clause"
 homepage="https://www.paraview.org"
 distfiles="https://www.paraview.org/paraview-downloads/download.php?submit=Download&version=v${version:0:3}&type=source&os=Sources&downloadFile=ParaView-v${version}.tar.xz>paraview-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=7653950392a0d7c0287c26f1d3a25cdbaa11baa7524b0af0e6a1a0d7d487d034
+
 CFLAGS="-DYYERROR_VERBOSE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE=1 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DGNU_SOURCE -fcommon"
 CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
 
@@ -48,20 +49,25 @@ if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_NO_ATOMIC8" ]; then
 	makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
 fi
 
-case "$XBPS_MACHINE" in
-	# TODO: is this necessary for other kinds of 32bit builders?
-	i686*) # XXX: this might be necessary if the i686 builder dies due to OOM
-	disable_parallel_build="https://build.voidlinux.org/builders/i686_builder/builds/27013/steps/shell_3/logs/stdio"
-	;;
-esac
-
 post_extract() {
 	if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_NO_ATOMIC8" ]; then
-		echo "target_link_libraries(vtkCommonDataModel PRIVATE atomic)" >> \
+		echo "vtk_module_link(VTK::CommonDataModel PRIVATE atomic)" >> \
 			VTK/Common/DataModel/CMakeLists.txt
 	fi
 }
 
+pre_configure() {
+	# use smaller debug info for 32-bit targets
+	if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_WORDSIZE" = "32" ]; then
+		export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS/-g/-g1}"
+		export CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS/-g/-g1}"
+	fi
+	# conserve linker memory on 32-bit hosts
+	if [ "$XBPS_WORDSIZE" = "32" ]; then
+		export LDFLAGS+=" -Wl,--no-keep-memory"
+	fi
+}
+
 _add_execinfo() {
 	# contents of link.txt files need to be in a single line
 	local content="$(cat $1) -lexecinfo "