diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/apple/AppleConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/apple/AppleConfiguration.java
index 2de9906a79ef3b..1faccff61100c0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/apple/AppleConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/apple/AppleConfiguration.java
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ public class AppleConfiguration extends Fragment implements AppleConfigurationAp
   private static final String MACOS_CPU_PREFIX = "darwin_";
 
   // TODO(b/180572694): Remove after platforms based toolchain resolution supported.
-  /** Prefix for forced iOS simulator cpu values */
-  public static final String IOS_FORCED_SIMULATOR_CPU_PREFIX = "sim_";
+  /** Prefix for forced iOS and tvOS simulator cpu values */
+  public static final String FORCED_SIMULATOR_CPU_PREFIX = "sim_";
 
   /** Default cpu for iOS builds. */
   @VisibleForTesting
@@ -229,25 +229,24 @@ private static String getSingleArchitecture(
     // The removeSimPrefix argument is necessary due to a simulator and device both using arm64
     // architecture. In the case of Starlark asking for the architecture, we should return the
     // actual architecture (arm64) but in other cases in this class what we actually want is the
-    // CPU without the ios prefix (e.g. sim_arm64). This parameter is provided in the private method
-    // so that internal to this class we are able to use both without duplicating retrieval logic.
+    // CPU without the ios/tvos prefix (e.g. sim_arm64). This parameter is provided in the private
+    // method so that internal to this class we are able to use both without duplicating retrieval
+    // logic.
     // TODO(b/180572694): Remove removeSimPrefix parameter once platforms are used instead of CPU
+    String cpu = getPrefixedAppleCpu(applePlatformType, appleCpus);
+    if (removeSimPrefix && cpu.startsWith(FORCED_SIMULATOR_CPU_PREFIX)) {
+      cpu = cpu.substring(FORCED_SIMULATOR_CPU_PREFIX.length());
+    }
+    return cpu;
+  }
+
+  private static String getPrefixedAppleCpu(PlatformType applePlatformType, AppleCpus appleCpus) {
     if (!Strings.isNullOrEmpty(appleCpus.appleSplitCpu())) {
-      String cpu = appleCpus.appleSplitCpu();
-      if (removeSimPrefix && cpu.startsWith(IOS_FORCED_SIMULATOR_CPU_PREFIX)) {
-        cpu = cpu.substring(IOS_FORCED_SIMULATOR_CPU_PREFIX.length());
-      }
-      return cpu;
+      return appleCpus.appleSplitCpu();
     }
     switch (applePlatformType) {
       case IOS:
-        {
-          String cpu = Iterables.getFirst(appleCpus.iosMultiCpus(), appleCpus.iosCpu());
-          if (removeSimPrefix && cpu.startsWith(IOS_FORCED_SIMULATOR_CPU_PREFIX)) {
-            cpu = cpu.substring(IOS_FORCED_SIMULATOR_CPU_PREFIX.length());
-          }
-          return cpu;
-        }
+        return Iterables.getFirst(appleCpus.iosMultiCpus(), appleCpus.iosCpu());
       case WATCHOS:
         return appleCpus.watchosCpus().get(0);
       case TVOS: