diff --git a/lib/initend.c b/lib/initend.c
index a991a851..48073800 100644
--- a/lib/initend.c
+++ b/lib/initend.c
@@ -105,12 +105,6 @@ xbps_init(struct xbps_handle *xhp)
 		if (xbps_strlcpy(xhp->native_arch, un.machine,
 		    sizeof xhp->native_arch) >= sizeof xhp->native_arch)
 			return ENOBUFS;
-#if defined(__linux__) && !defined(__GLIBC__)
-		/* musl libc on linux, just append -musl */
-		if (xbps_strlcat(xhp->native_arch, "-musl",
-		    sizeof xhp->native_arch) >= sizeof xhp->native_arch)
-			return ENOBUFS;
-#endif
 	}
 	assert(*xhp->native_arch);
 
diff --git a/tests/xbps/libxbps/shell/scripts_test.sh b/tests/xbps/libxbps/shell/scripts_test.sh
index 862e30ec..9c6763d5 100644
--- a/tests/xbps/libxbps/shell/scripts_test.sh
+++ b/tests/xbps/libxbps/shell/scripts_test.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ script_nargs_body() {
 	rval=0
 	xbps-reconfigure -C empty.conf -r root -f A 2>out
 	out="$(cat out)"
-	expected="post A 1.0_1 no no $(xbps-uhelper arch)"
+	expected="post A 1.0_1 no no $(uname -m)"
 	if [ "$out" != "$expected" ]; then
 		echo "out: '$out'"
 		echo "expected: '$expected'"
diff --git a/tests/xbps/xbps-uhelper/arch_test.sh b/tests/xbps/xbps-uhelper/arch_test.sh
index 80d9a4de..5784b81c 100644
--- a/tests/xbps/xbps-uhelper/arch_test.sh
+++ b/tests/xbps/xbps-uhelper/arch_test.sh
@@ -8,12 +8,7 @@ native_head() {
 }
 
 native_body() {
-	if $(ldd --version 2>&1|head -1|grep -q musl); then
-		arch=$(uname -m)-musl
-	else
-		arch=$(uname -m)
-	fi
-	atf_check_equal $(xbps-uhelper -r $PWD arch) $arch
+	atf_check_equal $(xbps-uhelper -r $PWD arch) $(uname -m)
 }
 
 atf_test_case env
@@ -33,8 +28,8 @@ conf_head() {
 }
 conf_body() {
 	mkdir -p xbps.d
-	echo "architecture=NULL" > xbps.d/arch.conf
-	atf_check_equal $(xbps-uhelper -r $PWD -C $PWD/xbps.d arch) NULL
+	echo "architecture=x86_64-musl" > xbps.d/arch.conf
+	atf_check_equal $(xbps-uhelper -C $PWD/xbps.d arch) x86_64-musl
 }
 
 atf_init_test_cases() {