diff -Naur a/defn2c.pl b/defn2c.pl
--- a/defn2c.pl	2014-03-23 12:27:30.000000000 -0500
+++ b/defn2c.pl	2016-11-08 13:02:33.568000000 -0600
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 use strict;
 
-my $DEB_HOST_ARCH_OS = `dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH_OS`;
+my $DEB_HOST_ARCH_OS = 'linux';
 
 $DEB_HOST_ARCH_OS =~ s/\n//;
 
diff -Naur a/defn2man.pl b/defn2man.pl
--- a/defn2man.pl	2013-07-02 04:44:56.000000000 -0500
+++ b/defn2man.pl	2016-11-08 13:02:14.736000000 -0600
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 use strict;
 
-my $DEB_HOST_ARCH_OS = `dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH_OS`;
+my $DEB_HOST_ARCH_OS = 'linux';
 
 $DEB_HOST_ARCH_OS =~ s/\n//;