diff --git a/mic/utils/bootstrap.py b/mic/utils/bootstrap.py
index e4f2f59..fdcd0da 100644
--- a/mic/utils/bootstrap.py
+++ b/mic/utils/bootstrap.py
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ def build_bootstrap(repoList, mainrepo, cachedir, bootstrapdir, bootstrap_arch =

     """ HACK: This hack is here to enable backward compatibility until the
         .ks files have been updated to support the @ARCH@ option for the URLs."""
-    if bootstrap_target_arch and bootstrap_target_arch.startswith("arm") and repourl.find(bootstrap_target_arch) != -1:
+    if bootstrap_target_arch and bootstrap_target_arch.startswith("arm"):
         pattern = re.compile('/arm.*?/')
         repourl = pattern.sub("/ia32/", repourl)
         get_repo_metadata(repourl, cachedir, reponame, proxies, bootstrap_arch)