diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2fee9b89f..3365de910 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -409,8 +409,6 @@ endif()
 if(APPLE)
   set(CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET "10.10")
   execute_process(COMMAND xcrun --sdk macosx --show-sdk-path OUTPUT_VARIABLE CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-  set(CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES "x86_64")
-  message(STATUS "Set Architecture to x64 on OS X")
   exec_program(uname ARGS -v  OUTPUT_VARIABLE DARWIN_VERSION)
   string(REGEX MATCH "[0-9]+" DARWIN_VERSION ${DARWIN_VERSION})
   if(OSXLIBSTD)