diff --git a/mantle/kola/harness.go b/mantle/kola/harness.go
index cf136099e4..dfaed940d5 100644
--- a/mantle/kola/harness.go
+++ b/mantle/kola/harness.go
@@ -1204,10 +1204,10 @@ ExecStart=%s
 	config.AddSystemdUnit(unitName, unit, conf.NoState)
 
 	// Architectures using 64k pages use slightly more memory, ask for more than requested
-	// to make sure that we don't run out of it. Currently ppc64le and aarch64 use 64k pages.
+	// to make sure that we don't run out of it. Currently, only ppc64le uses 64k pages by default.
 	// See similar logic in boot-mirror.go and luks.go.
 	switch coreosarch.CurrentRpmArch() {
-	case "ppc64le", "aarch64":
+	case "ppc64le":
 		if targetMeta.MinMemory <= 4096 {
 			targetMeta.MinMemory = targetMeta.MinMemory * 2
 		}
diff --git a/mantle/kola/tests/ignition/luks.go b/mantle/kola/tests/ignition/luks.go
index f256ada921..74978caa74 100644
--- a/mantle/kola/tests/ignition/luks.go
+++ b/mantle/kola/tests/ignition/luks.go
@@ -164,9 +164,9 @@ func runTest(c cluster.TestCluster, tpm2 bool, threshold int, killTangAfterFirst
 	opts := platform.MachineOptions{
 		MinMemory: 4096,
 	}
-	// ppc64le and aarch64 use 64K pages; see similar logic in harness.go and boot-mirror.go
+	// ppc64le uses 64K pages; see similar logic in harness.go and boot-mirror.go
 	switch coreosarch.CurrentRpmArch() {
-	case "ppc64le", "aarch64":
+	case "ppc64le":
 		opts.MinMemory = 8192
 	}
 	m, err := c.NewMachineWithOptions(ignition, opts)
diff --git a/mantle/kola/tests/misc/boot-mirror.go b/mantle/kola/tests/misc/boot-mirror.go
index 5e9e695396..abdb5db2bd 100644
--- a/mantle/kola/tests/misc/boot-mirror.go
+++ b/mantle/kola/tests/misc/boot-mirror.go
@@ -100,9 +100,9 @@ func runBootMirrorTest(c cluster.TestCluster) {
 			MinMemory:       4096,
 		},
 	}
-	// ppc64le and aarch64 use 64K pages; see similar logic in harness.go and luks.go
+	// ppc64le uses 64K pages; see similar logic in harness.go and luks.go
 	switch coreosarch.CurrentRpmArch() {
-	case "ppc64le", "aarch64":
+	case "ppc64le":
 		options.MinMemory = 8192
 	}
 	// FIXME: for QEMU tests kola currently assumes the host CPU architecture
@@ -152,9 +152,9 @@ func runBootMirrorLUKSTest(c cluster.TestCluster) {
 			MinMemory:       4096,
 		},
 	}
-	// ppc64le and aarch64 use 64K pages; see similar logic in harness.go and luks.go
+	// ppc64le uses 64K pages; see similar logic in harness.go and luks.go
 	switch coreosarch.CurrentRpmArch() {
-	case "ppc64le", "aarch64":
+	case "ppc64le":
 		options.MinMemory = 8192
 	}
 	// FIXME: for QEMU tests kola currently assumes the host CPU architecture