diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 8b22c91bb77..1050c79b825 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 {
-    "omnisharp.autoStart": false
+  "omnisharp.autoStart": false,
+  "cmake.sourceDirectory": "${workspaceFolder}/swift",
+  "cmake.buildDirectory": "${workspaceFolder}/bazel-cmake-build"
 }
diff --git a/swift/CMakeLists.txt b/swift/CMakeLists.txt
index ad431e49a17..fbc55187567 100644
--- a/swift/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/swift/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
 set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER clang)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER clang++)
 
+if(APPLE)
+    set(CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES x86_64) # temporary until we can build a Universal Binary
+endif()
+
 project(codeql)
 
 include(../misc/bazel/cmake/setup.cmake)
diff --git a/swift/rules.bzl b/swift/rules.bzl
index 29a1a704f02..ba9e4b0e8bf 100644
--- a/swift/rules.bzl
+++ b/swift/rules.bzl
@@ -5,11 +5,7 @@ def _wrap_cc(rule, kwargs):
     _add_args(kwargs, "copts", [
         # Required by LLVM/Swift
         "-fno-rtti",
-    ] + select({
-        # temporary, before we do universal merging and have an arm prebuilt package, we make arm build x86
-        "@platforms//os:macos": ["-arch=x86_64"],
-        "//conditions:default": [],
-    }))
+    ])
     _add_args(kwargs, "features", [
         # temporary, before we do universal merging
         "-universal_binaries",