diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/go.py b/meta/lib/oe/go.py
index 4559dc63b2..dfd957d157 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/go.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/go.py
@@ -7,10 +7,6 @@
 import re
 
 def map_arch(a):
-    """
-    Map our architecture names to Go's GOARCH names.
-    See https://github.com/golang/go/blob/master/src/internal/syslist/syslist.go for the complete list.
-    """
     if re.match('i.86', a):
         return '386'
     elif a == 'x86_64':
@@ -35,4 +31,4 @@ def map_arch(a):
         return 'riscv64'
     elif a == 'loongarch64':
         return 'loong64'
-    raise KeyError(f"Cannot map architecture {a}")
+    return ''