diff --git a/platforms/platforms.go b/platforms/platforms.go
index 14efc077..e14deea4 100644
--- a/platforms/platforms.go
+++ b/platforms/platforms.go
@@ -11,7 +11,12 @@ var platforms = map[string]string{"darwin": "macos", "linux": "ubuntu1404", "win
 // GetPlatform returns a Bazel CI-compatible platform identifier for the current operating system.
 // TODO(fweikert): raise an error for unsupported platforms
 func GetPlatform() string {
-	return platforms[runtime.GOOS]
+	platform := platforms[runtime.GOOS]
+	arch := runtime.GOARCH
+	if platform == "macos" && arch == "arm64" {
+		platform = "macos_arm64"
+	}
+	return platform
 }
 
 // DetermineExecutableFilenameSuffix returns the extension for binaries on the current operating system.
diff --git a/repositories/gcs.go b/repositories/gcs.go
index e06e9a93..82e33ddc 100644
--- a/repositories/gcs.go
+++ b/repositories/gcs.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
-	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/bazelbuild/bazelisk/httputil"
@@ -237,11 +236,6 @@ func (gcs *GCSRepo) GetLastGreenCommit(bazeliskHome string, downstreamGreen bool
 // DownloadAtCommit downloads a Bazel binary built at the given commit into the specified location and returns the absolute path.
 func (gcs *GCSRepo) DownloadAtCommit(commit, destDir, destFile string) (string, error) {
 	log.Printf("Using unreleased version at commit %s", commit)
-	platform := platforms.GetPlatform()
-	arch := runtime.GOARCH
-	if platform == "macos" && arch == "arm64" {
-		platform = "macos_arm64"
-	}
-	url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/%s/bazel", nonCandidateBaseURL, platform, commit)
+	url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/%s/bazel", nonCandidateBaseURL, platforms.GetPlatform(), commit)
 	return httputil.DownloadBinary(url, destDir, destFile)
 }