diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 9ba8e70ac4..06139b82ae 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ after_success:
           PACKAGE_CONFLICTS="ponyc-release";
       fi;
       PACKAGE_ITERATION="${PACKAGE_ITERATION}${TRAVIS_BUILD_NUMBER}.`git rev-parse --short --verify HEAD^{commit}`";
-      make verbose=1 config=release package_name="$PACKAGE_NAME" package_conflicts="$PACKAGE_CONFLICTS" package_base_version="`cat VERSION`" package_iteration="$PACKAGE_ITERATION" deploy && export UPLOAD=yes;
+      make verbose=1 arch= config=release package_name="$PACKAGE_NAME" package_conflicts="$PACKAGE_CONFLICTS" package_base_version="`cat VERSION`" package_iteration="$PACKAGE_ITERATION" deploy && export UPLOAD=yes;
     fi;
 
   # For a release release build with the latest stable LLVM, upload docs.
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c8745425ca..7b8b4e13f7 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ COPY lib      /src/ponyc/lib
 COPY test     /src/ponyc/test
 COPY packages /src/ponyc/packages
 
-RUN make \
+RUN make -arch= \
  && make install \
  && rm -rf /src/ponyc/build
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 67a1b933f9..e75f811cf7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ docker run -v /path/to/my-code:/src/main ponylang/ponyc ./main
 
 If you're using `docker-machine` instead of native docker, make sure you aren't using [an incompatible version of Virtualbox](#virtualbox).
 
+### Docker and AVX2 Support
+
+By default, the Pony Docker image is compiled without support for AVX CPU instructions. For optimal performance, you should build your Pony installation from source.
 
 ## Linux using an RPM package (via Bintray)
 
@@ -79,6 +82,10 @@ Or, for master builds:
 yum install ponyc-master
 ```
 
+### RPM and AVX2 Support
+
+By default, the Pony RPM package is compiled without support for AVX CPU instructions. For optimal performance, you should build your Pony installation from source.
+
 ## Linux using a DEB package (via Bintray)
 
 For Ubuntu or Debian Linux, the `master` and `release` branches are packaged and available on Bintray ([pony-language/ponyc-debian](https://bintray.com/pony-language/ponyc-debian)).
@@ -97,6 +104,10 @@ Or, for master builds:
 sudo apt-get install ponyc-master
 ```
 
+### DEB and AVX2 Support
+
+By default, the Pony DEB package is compiled without support for AVX CPU instructions. For optimal performance, you should build your Pony installation from source.
+
 ## Arch Linux
 
 ```bash
@@ -382,9 +393,8 @@ Pony binaries can trigger illegal instruction errors under VirtualBox 4.x, for a
 
 Use VirtualBox 5.x to avoid possible problems.
 
-## AVX2 Support
 
-The Pony prebuilt binaries trigger illegal instruction errors under CPUs without [AVX2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Vector_Extensions#Advanced_Vector_Extensions_2) support.
+You can learn more about [AVX2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Vector_Extensions#Advanced_Vector_Extensions_2) support.
 
 ## Building Pony on Non-x86 platforms