https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gawk.git/patch/?id=e0b7737930f8a677d3c509f8ce72b9130965ec0a
--- a/m4/pma.m4
+++ b/m4/pma.m4
@@ -23,15 +23,18 @@ then
 				[LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -no-pie"
 				export LDFLAGS])
 			;;
-		*darwin*)
-			# 23 October 2022: See README_d/README.macosx for
-			# the details on what's happening here. See also
-			# the manual.
-
-			# Compile as Intel binary all the time, even on M1.
-			CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -arch x86_64"
-			LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -Xlinker -no_pie"
-			export CFLAGS LDFLAGS
+ 		*darwin*)
+			# 27 November 2022: PMA only works on Intel.
+			case $host in
+			x86_64-*)
+				LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -Xlinker -no_pie"
+				export LDFLAGS
+				;;
+			*)
+				# disable on all other macOS systems
+				use_persistent_malloc=no
+				;;
+			esac
 			;;
 		*cygwin* | *CYGWIN* | *solaris2.11* | freebsd13.* | openbsd7.* )
 			true	# nothing do, exes on these systems are not PIE