diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/botan/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/botan/default.nix
index 8d11ee2b7937..a5e72e4f64f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/botan/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/botan/default.nix
@@ -79,13 +79,11 @@ let
           "--with-bzip2"
           "--with-zlib"
           "--with-rst2man"
+          "--cpu=${stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.cpu.name}"
         ]
         ++ lib.optionals stdenv.cc.isClang [
           "--cc=clang"
         ]
-        ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64 [
-          "--cpu=aarch64"
-        ]
         ++ lib.optionals (lib.versionAtLeast version "3.6.0") [
           "--enable-modules=jitter_rng"
         ];