diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidavdmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androidavdmanager.cpp
index a0b1a0117f3..9f3b5484a2c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidavdmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidavdmanager.cpp
@@ -234,6 +234,23 @@ QString AndroidAvdManager::startAvd(const QString &name) const
     return QString();
 }
 
+static bool is32BitUserSpace()
+{
+    // Do a similar check as android's emulator is doing:
+    if (HostOsInfo::isLinuxHost()) {
+        if (QSysInfo::WordSize == 32) {
+            QtcProcess proc;
+            proc.setTimeoutS(3);
+            proc.setCommand({"getconf", {"LONG_BIT"}});
+            proc.runBlocking();
+            if (proc.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess)
+                return true;
+            return proc.allOutput().trimmed() == "32";
+        }
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
 bool AndroidAvdManager::startAvdAsync(const QString &avdName) const
 {
     const FilePath emulator = m_config.emulatorToolPath();
@@ -267,7 +284,7 @@ bool AndroidAvdManager::startAvdAsync(const QString &avdName) const
 
     // start the emulator
     CommandLine cmd(m_config.emulatorToolPath());
-    if (AndroidConfigurations::force32bitEmulator())
+    if (is32BitUserSpace())
         cmd.addArg("-force-32bit");
 
     cmd.addArgs(m_config.emulatorArgs(), CommandLine::Raw);
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidconfigurations.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androidconfigurations.cpp
index 8c5b4c33249..b529d882f62 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidconfigurations.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidconfigurations.cpp
@@ -123,30 +123,6 @@ namespace {
     {
         return Core::ICore::installerResourcePath("android.xml").toString();
     }
-
-    static bool is32BitUserSpace()
-    {
-        // Do the exact same check as android's emulator is doing:
-        if (HostOsInfo::isLinuxHost()) {
-            if (QSysInfo::WordSize == 32 ) {
-                Environment env = Environment::systemEnvironment();
-                FilePath executable = env.searchInPath("file");
-                QString shell = env.value(QLatin1String("SHELL"));
-                if (executable.isEmpty() || shell.isEmpty())
-                    return true; // we can't detect, but creator is 32bit so assume 32bit
-
-                QtcProcess proc;
-                proc.setProcessChannelMode(QProcess::MergedChannels);
-                proc.setTimeoutS(30);
-                proc.setCommand({executable, {shell}});
-                proc.runBlocking();
-                if (proc.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess)
-                    return true;
-                return !proc.allOutput().contains("x86-64");
-            }
-        }
-        return false;
-    }
 }
 
 //////////////////////////////////
@@ -1403,11 +1379,6 @@ void AndroidConfigurations::updateAutomaticKitList()
         KitManager::deregisterKit(k);
 }
 
-bool AndroidConfigurations::force32bitEmulator()
-{
-    return m_instance->m_force32bit;
-}
-
 Environment AndroidConfigurations::toolsEnvironment(const AndroidConfig &config)
 {
     Environment env = Environment::systemEnvironment();
@@ -1449,7 +1420,6 @@ AndroidConfigurations::AndroidConfigurations()
     connect(DeviceManager::instance(), &DeviceManager::devicesLoaded,
             this, &AndroidConfigurations::updateAndroidDevice);
 
-    m_force32bit = is32BitUserSpace();
     m_instance = this;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidconfigurations.h b/src/plugins/android/androidconfigurations.h
index de604cef289..48ca6cc66d4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidconfigurations.h
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidconfigurations.h
@@ -215,7 +215,6 @@ private:
     static AndroidConfigurations *m_instance;
     AndroidConfig m_config;
     std::unique_ptr<Internal::AndroidSdkManager> m_sdkManager;
-    bool m_force32bit;
 };
 
 } // namespace Android