diff --git a/src/PowerShellEditorServices.Hosting/EditorServicesLoader.cs b/src/PowerShellEditorServices.Hosting/EditorServicesLoader.cs
index 924619283..2f9b8f8a6 100644
--- a/src/PowerShellEditorServices.Hosting/EditorServicesLoader.cs
+++ b/src/PowerShellEditorServices.Hosting/EditorServicesLoader.cs
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ private void LogOperatingSystemDetails()
 ");
         }
 
+        // TODO: Deduplicate this with VersionUtils.
         private static string GetOSArchitecture()
         {
 #if CoreCLR
diff --git a/src/PowerShellEditorServices/Services/PowerShell/Context/PowerShellVersionDetails.cs b/src/PowerShellEditorServices/Services/PowerShell/Context/PowerShellVersionDetails.cs
index 4bbdd47e1..e84f235b9 100644
--- a/src/PowerShellEditorServices/Services/PowerShell/Context/PowerShellVersionDetails.cs
+++ b/src/PowerShellEditorServices/Services/PowerShell/Context/PowerShellVersionDetails.cs
@@ -11,34 +11,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.EditorServices.Services.PowerShell.Context
 {
     using System.Management.Automation;
 
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Defines the possible enumeration values for the PowerShell process architecture.
-    /// </summary>
-    internal enum PowerShellProcessArchitecture
-    {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The processor architecture is unknown or wasn't accessible.
-        /// </summary>
-        Unknown,
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The processor architecture is 32-bit.
-        /// </summary>
-        X86,
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The processor architecture is 64-bit.
-        /// </summary>
-        X64
-    }
-
     /// <summary>
     /// Provides details about the version of the PowerShell runtime.
     /// </summary>
     internal class PowerShellVersionDetails
     {
-        #region Properties
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the version of the PowerShell runtime.
         /// </summary>
@@ -55,40 +32,26 @@ internal class PowerShellVersionDetails
         /// </summary>
         public string Edition { get; }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the architecture of the PowerShell process.
-        /// </summary>
-        public PowerShellProcessArchitecture Architecture { get; }
-
-        #endregion
-
-        #region Constructors
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Creates an instance of the PowerShellVersionDetails class.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="version">The version of the PowerShell runtime.</param>
         /// <param name="versionString">A string representation of the PowerShell version.</param>
         /// <param name="editionString">The string representation of the PowerShell edition.</param>
-        /// <param name="architecture">The processor architecture.</param>
         public PowerShellVersionDetails(
             Version version,
             string versionString,
-            string editionString,
-            PowerShellProcessArchitecture architecture)
+            string editionString)
         {
             Version = version;
             VersionString = versionString;
             Edition = editionString;
-            Architecture = architecture;
         }
 
-        #endregion
-
-        #region Public Methods
-
         /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the PowerShell version details for the given runspace.
+        /// Gets the PowerShell version details for the given runspace. This doesn't use
+        /// VersionUtils because we may be remoting, and therefore want the remote runspace's
+        /// version, not the local process.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="logger">An ILogger implementation used for writing log messages.</param>
         /// <param name="pwsh">The PowerShell instance for which to get the version.</param>
@@ -98,7 +61,6 @@ public static PowerShellVersionDetails GetVersionDetails(ILogger logger, PowerSh
             Version powerShellVersion = new(5, 0);
             string versionString = null;
             string powerShellEdition = "Desktop";
-            PowerShellProcessArchitecture architecture = PowerShellProcessArchitecture.Unknown;
 
             try
             {
@@ -129,25 +91,6 @@ public static PowerShellVersionDetails GetVersionDetails(ILogger logger, PowerSh
                     }
 
                     versionString = psVersionTable["GitCommitId"] is string gitCommitId ? gitCommitId : powerShellVersion.ToString();
-
-                    PSCommand procArchCommand = new PSCommand().AddScript("$env:PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE", useLocalScope: true);
-
-                    string arch = pwsh
-                        .AddScript("$env:PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE", useLocalScope: true)
-                        .InvokeAndClear<string>()
-                        .FirstOrDefault();
-
-                    if (arch != null)
-                    {
-                        if (string.Equals(arch, "AMD64", StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase))
-                        {
-                            architecture = PowerShellProcessArchitecture.X64;
-                        }
-                        else if (string.Equals(arch, "x86", StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase))
-                        {
-                            architecture = PowerShellProcessArchitecture.X86;
-                        }
-                    }
                 }
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
@@ -156,13 +99,7 @@ public static PowerShellVersionDetails GetVersionDetails(ILogger logger, PowerSh
                     "Failed to look up PowerShell version, defaulting to version 5.\r\n\r\n" + ex.ToString());
             }
 
-            return new PowerShellVersionDetails(
-                powerShellVersion,
-                versionString,
-                powerShellEdition,
-                architecture);
+            return new PowerShellVersionDetails(powerShellVersion, versionString, powerShellEdition);
         }
-
-        #endregion
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/PowerShellEditorServices/Services/PowerShell/Handlers/GetVersionHandler.cs b/src/PowerShellEditorServices/Services/PowerShell/Handlers/GetVersionHandler.cs
index b500b7c1e..2490c8ad8 100644
--- a/src/PowerShellEditorServices/Services/PowerShell/Handlers/GetVersionHandler.cs
+++ b/src/PowerShellEditorServices/Services/PowerShell/Handlers/GetVersionHandler.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
 
-using System;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.PowerShell.EditorServices.Services.PowerShell;
@@ -13,35 +12,13 @@ internal class GetVersionHandler : IGetVersionHandler
     {
         public async Task<PowerShellVersion> Handle(GetVersionParams request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
-            PowerShellProcessArchitecture architecture = PowerShellProcessArchitecture.Unknown;
-            // This should be changed to using a .NET call sometime in the future... but it's just for logging purposes.
-            string arch = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE");
-            if (arch != null)
-            {
-                if (string.Equals(arch, "AMD64", StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase))
-                {
-                    architecture = PowerShellProcessArchitecture.X64;
-                }
-                else if (string.Equals(arch, "x86", StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase))
-                {
-                    architecture = PowerShellProcessArchitecture.X86;
-                }
-            }
-
             return new PowerShellVersion
             {
                 Version = VersionUtils.PSVersionString,
                 Edition = VersionUtils.PSEdition,
                 DisplayVersion = VersionUtils.PSVersion.ToString(2),
-                Architecture = architecture.ToString()
+                Architecture = VersionUtils.Architecture
             };
         }
-
-        private enum PowerShellProcessArchitecture
-        {
-            Unknown,
-            X86,
-            X64
-        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/PowerShellEditorServices/Services/PowerShell/Handlers/IGetVersionHandler.cs b/src/PowerShellEditorServices/Services/PowerShell/Handlers/IGetVersionHandler.cs
index 66e66eab6..c2b4977bd 100644
--- a/src/PowerShellEditorServices/Services/PowerShell/Handlers/IGetVersionHandler.cs
+++ b/src/PowerShellEditorServices/Services/PowerShell/Handlers/IGetVersionHandler.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
 
 using MediatR;
-using Microsoft.PowerShell.EditorServices.Services.PowerShell.Context;
 using OmniSharp.Extensions.JsonRpc;
 
 namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.EditorServices.Services.PowerShell
@@ -12,29 +11,11 @@ internal interface IGetVersionHandler : IJsonRpcRequestHandler<GetVersionParams,
 
     internal class GetVersionParams : IRequest<PowerShellVersion> { }
 
-    internal class PowerShellVersion
+    internal record PowerShellVersion
     {
-        public string Version { get; set; }
-        public string DisplayVersion { get; set; }
-        public string Edition { get; set; }
-        public string Architecture { get; set; }
-
-        public PowerShellVersion()
-        {
-        }
-
-        public PowerShellVersion(PowerShellVersionDetails versionDetails)
-        {
-            Version = versionDetails.VersionString;
-            DisplayVersion = $"{versionDetails.Version.Major}.{versionDetails.Version.Minor}";
-            Edition = versionDetails.Edition;
-
-            Architecture = versionDetails.Architecture switch
-            {
-                PowerShellProcessArchitecture.X64 => "x64",
-                PowerShellProcessArchitecture.X86 => "x86",
-                _ => "Architecture Unknown",
-            };
-        }
+        public string Version { get; init; }
+        public string DisplayVersion { get; init; }
+        public string Edition { get; init; }
+        public string Architecture { get; init; }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/PowerShellEditorServices/Utility/VersionUtils.cs b/src/PowerShellEditorServices/Utility/VersionUtils.cs
index a814b73a6..287b7277e 100644
--- a/src/PowerShellEditorServices/Utility/VersionUtils.cs
+++ b/src/PowerShellEditorServices/Utility/VersionUtils.cs
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ internal static class VersionUtils
         /// True if we are running on Linux, false otherwise.
         /// </summary>
         public static bool IsLinux { get; } = RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Linux);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The .NET Architecture as a string.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string Architecture { get; } = PowerShellReflectionUtils.GetOSArchitecture();
     }
 
     internal static class PowerShellReflectionUtils
@@ -96,5 +101,24 @@ internal static class PowerShellReflectionUtils
         public static string PSVersionString { get; } = s_psCurrentVersionProperty != null
             ? s_psCurrentVersionProperty.GetValue(null).ToString()
             : s_psVersionProperty.GetValue(null).ToString();
+
+        public static string GetOSArchitecture()
+        {
+#if CoreCLR
+            if (Environment.OSVersion.Platform != PlatformID.Win32NT)
+            {
+                return RuntimeInformation.OSArchitecture.ToString();
+            }
+#endif
+            // If on win7 (version 6.1.x), avoid System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation
+            if (Environment.OSVersion.Version < new Version(6, 2))
+            {
+                return Environment.Is64BitProcess
+                    ? "X64"
+                    : "X86";
+            }
+
+            return RuntimeInformation.OSArchitecture.ToString();
+        }
     }
 }