diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index cf9c01180..6bb3066a3 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
     'Archlinux': {
       $config          = $default_config
       $keys_file       = $default_keys_file
-      $driftfile       = $default_driftfile
+      $driftfile       = '/var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift'
       $package_name    = $default_package_name
       $service_name    = $default_service_name
       $restrict        = [
@@ -169,9 +169,10 @@
       ]
       $iburst_enable   = false
       $servers         = [
-        '0.pool.ntp.org',
-        '1.pool.ntp.org',
-        '2.pool.ntp.org',
+        '0.arch.pool.ntp.org',
+        '1.arch.pool.ntp.org',
+        '2.arch.pool.ntp.org',
+        '3.arch.pool.ntp.org',
       ]
       $maxpoll         = undef
     }
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/ntp_config_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/ntp_config_spec.rb
index 689ba8e6c..6b5849f6d 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/ntp_config_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/ntp_config_spec.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 when 'Linux'
   case fact('operatingsystem')
   when 'ArchLinux'
-    line = '0.pool.ntp.org'
+    line = '0.arch.pool.ntp.org'
   when 'Gentoo'
     line = '0.gentoo.pool.ntp.org'
   end
diff --git a/spec/classes/ntp_spec.rb b/spec/classes/ntp_spec.rb
index 81489db6e..08d50ee16 100644
--- a/spec/classes/ntp_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/ntp_spec.rb
@@ -576,9 +576,9 @@
           super().merge({ :osfamily => 'ArchLinux' })
         end
 
-        it 'uses the NTP pool servers by default' do
+        it 'uses the ArchLinux NTP servers by default' do
           should contain_file('/etc/ntp.conf').with({
-            'content' => /server \d.pool.ntp.org/,
+            'content' => /server \d.arch.pool.ntp.org/,
           })
         end
       end