diff --git a/lib/systems/parse.nix b/lib/systems/parse.nix
index bbb0fa9d5582..c76aa592fc28 100644
--- a/lib/systems/parse.nix
+++ b/lib/systems/parse.nix
@@ -919,9 +919,9 @@ rec {
           else if isLinux parsed || isWindows parsed then
             if isAarch32 parsed then
               if versionAtLeast (parsed.cpu.version or "0") "6" then abis.gnueabihf else abis.gnueabi
-            # Default ppc64 BE to ELFv2
+            # Default ppc64 BE to ELFv1
             else if isPower64 parsed && isBigEndian parsed then
-              abis.gnuabielfv2
+              abis.gnuabielfv1
             else
               abis.gnu
           else