diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index e1d99dc..5c46e0b 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -3685,7 +3685,7 @@ get_distro_data()
 			fi
 		fi
 	fi
-
+	
 	if [[ ${#distro} -gt 80 ]] && [[ $B_HANDLE_CORRUPT_DATA != 'true' ]];then
 		distro="${RED}/etc/${distro_file} corrupted, use -% to override${NORMAL}"
 	fi
@@ -3711,7 +3711,16 @@ get_distro_data()
 			distro='unknown'
 		fi
 	fi
-
+	# final step cleanup of unwanted information
+	# opensuse has the x86 etc type string in names, not needed as redundant since -S already shows that
+	distro=$( gawk '
+	BEGIN {
+		IGNORECASE=1
+	}
+	{
+		sub(/ *\((x86_64|i486|i586|i686|686|586|486)\)/, "", $0)
+		print $0
+	}' <<< $distro )
 	echo "$distro"
 	log_function_data "distro: $distro"
 	eval $LOGFE
@@ -3849,8 +3858,6 @@ get_lsb_os_release_data()
 						}
 						
 					}
-					# opensuse has the x86 string in names, not needed as redundant
-					sub(/ *\(x86_64\)| *\(686\)/, "", distroName)
 					print distroName
 				}
 				' $FILE_OS_RELEASE )