diff --git a/glean-core/ios/Glean/Glean.swift b/glean-core/ios/Glean/Glean.swift
index a98f67e87b..e89794f914 100644
--- a/glean-core/ios/Glean/Glean.swift
+++ b/glean-core/ios/Glean/Glean.swift
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ public final class Glean: @unchecked Sendable {
             appBuild: AppInfo.buildId,
             appDisplayVersion: AppInfo.displayVersion,
             appBuildDate: Datetime(from: buildInfo.buildDate),
-            architecture: Sysctl.machine,
+            architecture: Sysctl.architecture,
             osVersion: UIDevice.current.systemVersion,
             channel: configuration.channel,
             locale: getLocaleTag(),
diff --git a/glean-core/ios/Glean/Utils/Sysctl.swift b/glean-core/ios/Glean/Utils/Sysctl.swift
index ffbb078667..978308eeb8 100644
--- a/glean-core/ios/Glean/Utils/Sysctl.swift
+++ b/glean-core/ios/Glean/Utils/Sysctl.swift
@@ -144,9 +144,9 @@ struct Sysctl {
     /// Always the same on Apple hardware
     public static var manufacturer: String = "Apple"
 
-    /// e.g. "N71mAP"
-    public static var machine: String {
-        return (try? Sysctl.string(for: [CTL_HW, HW_MODEL])) ?? "Unknown"
+    /// e.g. "arm64"
+    public static var architecture: String {
+        return (try? Sysctl.string(for: [CTL_HW, HW_MACHINE_ARCH])) ?? "Unknown"
     }
 
     /// e.g. "iPhone8,1"