diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d2dc33142..8c5ce5bb9 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ env:
   - JOB_NAME=cmake-gcc9 # 3-5 minutes
   - JOB_NAME=cmake-gcc9-c++20 # 3-5 minutes
   - JOB_NAME=cmake-mingw # 3 minutes
-  - JOB_NAME=status_checked
 
 matrix:
   exclude:
@@ -58,10 +57,6 @@ matrix:
     env: JOB_NAME=cmake-mingw
   - os: linux
     compiler: clang
-  - if: type = pull_request AND commit_message !~ /FULL_CI/
-    os: linux
-    arch: s390x # Temporary while working through gcc-7 + assembler issue
-    env: TEST_GROUP=platform_dependent
   - if: type = pull_request AND commit_message !~ /FULL_CI/
     os: linux
     arch: arm64
@@ -190,18 +185,6 @@ matrix:
     os: linux
     arch: s390x
     env: JOB_NAME=cmake-gcc9-c++20
-  - if: type = pull_request AND commit_message !~ /FULL_CI/
-    os : linux
-    arch: arm64
-    env: JOB_NAME=status_checked
-  - if: type = pull_request AND commit_message !~ /FULL_CI/
-    os: linux
-    arch: ppc64le
-    env: JOB_NAME=status_checked
-  - if: type = pull_request AND commit_message !~ /FULL_CI/
-    os: linux
-    arch: s390x
-    env: JOB_NAME=status_checked
 
 install:
   -  CC=gcc-7 && CXX=g++-7
@@ -247,21 +230,25 @@ before_script:
 script:
   - date; ${CXX} --version
   - if [ `command -v ccache` ]; then ccache -C; fi
+  - export MK_PARALLEL=4;
+    if [[ "$TRAVIS_CPU_ARCH" == s390x ]]; then
+      export MK_PARALLEL=1;
+    fi
   - case $TEST_GROUP in
     platform_dependent)
-      OPT=-DTRAVIS LIB_MODE=shared V=1 ROCKSDBTESTS_PLATFORM_DEPENDENT=only make -j4 all_but_some_tests check_some
+      OPT=-DTRAVIS LIB_MODE=shared V=1 ROCKSDBTESTS_PLATFORM_DEPENDENT=only make -j$MK_PARALLEL all_but_some_tests check_some
       ;;
     1)
-      OPT=-DTRAVIS LIB_MODE=shared V=1 ROCKSDBTESTS_PLATFORM_DEPENDENT=exclude ROCKSDBTESTS_END=backupable_db_test make -j4 check_some
+      OPT=-DTRAVIS LIB_MODE=shared V=1 ROCKSDBTESTS_PLATFORM_DEPENDENT=exclude ROCKSDBTESTS_END=backupable_db_test make -j$MK_PARALLEL check_some
       ;;
     2)
-      OPT="-DTRAVIS -DROCKSDB_NAMESPACE=alternative_rocksdb_ns" LIB_MODE=shared V=1 make -j4 tools && OPT="-DTRAVIS -DROCKSDB_NAMESPACE=alternative_rocksdb_ns" LIB_MODE=shared V=1 ROCKSDBTESTS_PLATFORM_DEPENDENT=exclude ROCKSDBTESTS_START=backupable_db_test ROCKSDBTESTS_END=db_universal_compaction_test make -j4 check_some
+      OPT="-DTRAVIS -DROCKSDB_NAMESPACE=alternative_rocksdb_ns" LIB_MODE=shared V=1 make -j$MK_PARALLEL tools && OPT="-DTRAVIS -DROCKSDB_NAMESPACE=alternative_rocksdb_ns" LIB_MODE=shared V=1 ROCKSDBTESTS_PLATFORM_DEPENDENT=exclude ROCKSDBTESTS_START=backupable_db_test ROCKSDBTESTS_END=db_universal_compaction_test make -j$MK_PARALLEL check_some
       ;;
     3)
-      OPT=-DTRAVIS LIB_MODE=shared V=1 ROCKSDBTESTS_PLATFORM_DEPENDENT=exclude ROCKSDBTESTS_START=db_universal_compaction_test ROCKSDBTESTS_END=table_properties_collector_test make -j4 check_some
+      OPT=-DTRAVIS LIB_MODE=shared V=1 ROCKSDBTESTS_PLATFORM_DEPENDENT=exclude ROCKSDBTESTS_START=db_universal_compaction_test ROCKSDBTESTS_END=table_properties_collector_test make -j$MK_PARALLEL check_some
       ;;
     4)
-      OPT=-DTRAVIS LIB_MODE=shared V=1 ROCKSDBTESTS_PLATFORM_DEPENDENT=exclude ROCKSDBTESTS_START=table_properties_collector_test make -j4 check_some
+      OPT=-DTRAVIS LIB_MODE=shared V=1 ROCKSDBTESTS_PLATFORM_DEPENDENT=exclude ROCKSDBTESTS_START=table_properties_collector_test make -j$MK_PARALLEL check_some
       ;;
     esac
   - case $JOB_NAME in
@@ -269,10 +256,10 @@ script:
       OPT=-DTRAVIS LIB_MODE=shared V=1 make rocksdbjava jtest
       ;;
     lite_build)
-      OPT='-DTRAVIS -DROCKSDB_LITE' LIB_MODE=shared V=1 make -j4 all
+      OPT='-DTRAVIS -DROCKSDB_LITE' LIB_MODE=shared V=1 make -j$MK_PARALLEL all
       ;;
     examples)
-      OPT=-DTRAVIS LIB_MODE=shared V=1 make -j4 static_lib && cd examples && make -j4
+      OPT=-DTRAVIS LIB_MODE=shared V=1 make -j$MK_PARALLEL static_lib && cd examples && make -j$MK_PARALLEL
       ;;
     cmake-mingw)
       sudo update-alternatives --set x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++ /usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++-posix;
@@ -285,10 +272,7 @@ script:
           ;;
       esac
 
-      mkdir build && cd build && cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DWITH_TESTS=0 -DWITH_GFLAGS=0 -DWITH_BENCHMARK_TOOLS=0 -DWITH_TOOLS=0 -DWITH_CORE_TOOLS=1 .. && make -j4 && cd  .. && rm -rf build && mkdir build && cd build && cmake -DJNI=1 .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release $OPT && make -j4 rocksdb rocksdbjni
-      ;;
-    status_checked)
-      OPT=-DTRAVIS LIB_MODE=shared V=1 ASSERT_STATUS_CHECKED=1 make -j4 check_some
+      mkdir build && cd build && cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DWITH_TESTS=0 -DWITH_GFLAGS=0 -DWITH_BENCHMARK_TOOLS=0 -DWITH_TOOLS=0 -DWITH_CORE_TOOLS=1 .. && make -j$MK_PARALLEL && cd  .. && rm -rf build && mkdir build && cd build && cmake -DJNI=1 .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release $OPT && make -j$MK_PARALLEL rocksdb rocksdbjni
       ;;
     esac
 notifications:
diff --git a/build_tools/build_detect_platform b/build_tools/build_detect_platform
index 1d89cba79..dd9890dbb 100755
--- a/build_tools/build_detect_platform
+++ b/build_tools/build_detect_platform
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ if test "0$PORTABLE" -eq 0; then
     COMMON_FLAGS="$COMMON_FLAGS"
   elif test -n "`echo $TARGET_ARCHITECTURE | grep ^s390x`"; then
     if echo 'int main() {}' | $CXX $PLATFORM_CXXFLAGS -x c++ \
-      -fsyntax-only -march=native - -o /dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
+      -march=native - -o /dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
       COMMON_FLAGS="$COMMON_FLAGS -march=native "
     else
       COMMON_FLAGS="$COMMON_FLAGS -march=z196 "