diff --git a/contrib/osx/Tor b/contrib/osx/Tor
index 0660fd7c8d..bcddc0c42b 100755
--- a/contrib/osx/Tor
+++ b/contrib/osx/Tor
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ if [ -x /usr/bin/sw_vers ]; then
 # the OS version
   OSVER=`/usr/bin/sw_vers | grep ProductVersion | cut -f2 | cut -d"." -f1,2`
       case "$OSVER" in
-    "10.6") ARCH="universal";;
-	"10.5") ARCH="universal";;
- 	"10.4") ARCH="universal";;
+    "10.6") ARCH="i386";;
+	"10.5") ARCH="i386";;
+ 	"10.4") ARCH="i386";;
  	"10.3") ARCH="ppc";;
  	"10.2") ARCH="ppc";;
  	"10.1") ARCH="ppc";;
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ else
 	ARCH="unknown"
 fi
  
-if [ $ARCH != "universal" ]; then
+if [ $ARCH != "i386" ]; then
 	export EVENT_NOKQUEUE=1
 fi