diff --git a/pandas/_libs/missing.pyx b/pandas/_libs/missing.pyx
index 4d17a6f883c1c..ba8a5dd3dd1d7 100644
--- a/pandas/_libs/missing.pyx
+++ b/pandas/_libs/missing.pyx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import cython
 from cython import Py_ssize_t
 
+import platform
 import numbers
 
 import numpy as np
@@ -16,16 +17,13 @@ from pandas._libs.tslibs.nattype cimport (
     checknull_with_nat, c_NaT as NaT, is_null_datetimelike)
 from pandas._libs.ops_dispatch import maybe_dispatch_ufunc_to_dunder_op
 
-from pandas.compat import is_platform_32bit
-
-
 cdef:
     float64_t INF = <float64_t>np.inf
     float64_t NEGINF = -INF
 
     int64_t NPY_NAT = util.get_nat()
 
-    bint is_32bit = is_platform_32bit()
+    bint is_32bit =  platform.architecture()[0] == "32-bit"
 
 
 cpdef bint checknull(object val):