conans/test/conftest.py                             | 6 ++++--

 conans/test/unittests/tools/files/test_downloads.py | 2 +-

 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/conans/test/conftest.py b/conans/test/conftest.py

index 648071722..223ba50b5 100644

--- a/conans/test/conftest.py

+++ b/conans/test/conftest.py

@@ -181,8 +181,10 @@ tools_locations = {

 # TODO: Make this match the default tools (compilers) above automatically

-arch = platform.machine()

-arch_setting = "armv8" if arch in ["arm64", "aarch64"] else arch

+from conans.client.conf.detect import _detected_architecture

+arch_setting = _detected_architecture()

+assert arch_setting is not None

+

 default_profiles = {

     "Windows": textwrap.dedent("""\

         [settings]

diff --git a/conans/test/unittests/tools/files/test_downloads.py b/conans/test/unittests/tools/files/test_downloads.py

index e837f5278..0f75ed6ee 100644

--- a/conans/test/unittests/tools/files/test_downloads.py

+++ b/conans/test/unittests/tools/files/test_downloads.py

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from conans.test.utils.tools import StoppableThreadBottle, redirect_output

 from conans.util.files import save, load, chdir

-@pytest.mark.skip(msg="This causes more troubles than benefits, external ftp download is testing "

+@pytest.mark.skip(reason="This causes more troubles than benefits, external ftp download is testing "

                       "very little conan code, mostly python")

 class TestFTP: