diff --git a/agent/src/main/java/com/cloud/agent/Agent.java b/agent/src/main/java/com/cloud/agent/Agent.java
index 2e7b61fbd51..23b5e790eb9 100644
--- a/agent/src/main/java/com/cloud/agent/Agent.java
+++ b/agent/src/main/java/com/cloud/agent/Agent.java
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ import com.cloud.utils.nio.Link;
 import com.cloud.utils.nio.NioClient;
 import com.cloud.utils.nio.NioConnection;
 import com.cloud.utils.nio.Task;
-import com.cloud.utils.script.OutputInterpreter;
 import com.cloud.utils.script.Script;
 
 /**
@@ -598,9 +597,9 @@ public class Agent implements HandlerFactory, IAgentControl, AgentStatusUpdater
     }
 
     protected String getAgentArch() {
-        final Script command = new Script("/usr/bin/arch", 500, logger);
-        final OutputInterpreter.OneLineParser parser = new OutputInterpreter.OneLineParser();
-        return command.execute(parser);
+        String arch = Script.runSimpleBashScript(Script.getExecutableAbsolutePath("arch"), 2000);
+        logger.debug("Arch for agent: {} found: {}", _name, arch);
+        return arch;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/utils/linux/KVMHostInfo.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/utils/linux/KVMHostInfo.java
index cee07421314..0792d09d975 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/utils/linux/KVMHostInfo.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/utils/linux/KVMHostInfo.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public class KVMHostInfo {
     private long reservedMemory;
     private long overCommitMemory;
     private List<String> capabilities = new ArrayList<>();
-    private static String cpuArchCommand = "/usr/bin/arch";
+    private static String cpuArchRetrieveExecutable = "arch";
     private static List<String> cpuInfoFreqFileNames = List.of("/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/base_frequency","/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq");
 
     public KVMHostInfo(long reservedMemory, long overCommitMemory, long manualSpeed, int reservedCpus) {
@@ -248,6 +248,6 @@ public class KVMHostInfo {
 
     private String getCPUArchFromCommand() {
         LOGGER.info("Fetching host CPU arch");
-        return Script.runSimpleBashScript(cpuArchCommand);
+        return Script.runSimpleBashScript(Script.getExecutableAbsolutePath(cpuArchRetrieveExecutable));
     }
 }