--- smalltalk-3.0.2.orig/configure.ac
+++ smalltalk-3.0.2/configure.ac
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(generational-gc,
 [  --disable-generational-gc disable generational garbage collection], ,
 [case $host in
-        *-*-cygwin* | *-*-mingw* | ia64-*-* ) enable_generational_gc=no ;;
+        *-*-cygwin* | *-*-mingw* | ia64-*-* | alpha-*-* ) enable_generational_gc=no ;;
         *) enable_generational_gc=yes ;;
 esac])