diff --git a/daemon/info.go b/daemon/info.go
index bdefc43285..2a39e19266 100644
--- a/daemon/info.go
+++ b/daemon/info.go
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/docker/daemon/config"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/daemon/logger"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/dockerversion"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/internal/platform"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/fileutils"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/meminfo"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/parsers/kernel"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/parsers/operatingsystem"
-	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/platform"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/sysinfo"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/registry"
 	metrics "github.com/docker/go-metrics"
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) SystemInfo(ctx context.Context) (*system.Info, error) {
 		OSVersion:          osVersion(ctx),
 		IndexServerAddress: registry.IndexServer,
 		OSType:             runtime.GOOS,
-		Architecture:       platform.Architecture,
+		Architecture:       platform.Architecture(),
 		RegistryConfig:     doWithTrace(ctx, "registry.ServiceConfig", daemon.registryService.ServiceConfig),
 		NCPU:               doWithTrace(ctx, "sysinfo.NumCPU", sysinfo.NumCPU),
 		MemTotal:           memInfo(ctx).MemTotal,
diff --git a/daemon/stats_windows.go b/daemon/stats_windows.go
index 6703b9c7c3..c5259698d6 100644
--- a/daemon/stats_windows.go
+++ b/daemon/stats_windows.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	containertypes "github.com/docker/docker/api/types/container"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/container"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/errdefs"
-	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/platform"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/internal/platform"
 )
 
 func (daemon *Daemon) stats(c *container.Container) (*containertypes.StatsResponse, error) {
diff --git a/internal/platform/platform.go b/internal/platform/platform.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b8f4fee33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/platform/platform.go
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package platform
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/containerd/log"
+)
+
+var (
+	arch     string
+	onceArch sync.Once
+)
+
+// Architecture returns the runtime architecture of the process.
+//
+// Unlike [runtime.GOARCH] (which refers to the compiler platform),
+// Architecture refers to the running platform.
+//
+// For example, Architecture reports "x86_64" as architecture, even
+// when running a "linux/386" compiled binary on "linux/amd64" hardware.
+func Architecture() string {
+	onceArch.Do(func() {
+		var err error
+		arch, err = runtimeArchitecture()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.G(context.TODO()).WithError(err).Error("Could not read system architecture info")
+		}
+	})
+	return arch
+}
diff --git a/pkg/platform/platform_unix.go b/internal/platform/platform_unix.go
similarity index 51%
rename from pkg/platform/platform_unix.go
rename to internal/platform/platform_unix.go
index 4df8b18371..50b401c9e9 100644
--- a/pkg/platform/platform_unix.go
+++ b/internal/platform/platform_unix.go
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //go:build !windows
 
-package platform // import "github.com/docker/docker/pkg/platform"
+package platform
 
 import (
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
@@ -14,3 +14,12 @@ func runtimeArchitecture() (string, error) {
 	}
 	return unix.ByteSliceToString(utsname.Machine[:]), nil
 }
+
+// NumProcs returns the number of processors on the system
+//
+// Deprecated: temporary stub for non-Windows to provide an alias for the deprecated github.com/docker/docker/pkg/platform package.
+//
+// FIXME(thaJeztah): remove once we remove  github.com/docker/docker/pkg/platform
+func NumProcs() uint32 {
+	return 0
+}
diff --git a/pkg/platform/platform_windows.go b/internal/platform/platform_windows.go
similarity index 97%
rename from pkg/platform/platform_windows.go
rename to internal/platform/platform_windows.go
index d913121444..a50d209502 100644
--- a/pkg/platform/platform_windows.go
+++ b/internal/platform/platform_windows.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package platform // import "github.com/docker/docker/pkg/platform"
+package platform
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
diff --git a/pkg/platform/platform.go b/pkg/platform/platform.go
index 1a52226670..af78dc4290 100644
--- a/pkg/platform/platform.go
+++ b/pkg/platform/platform.go
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 // Package platform provides helper function to get the runtime architecture
 // for different platforms.
+//
+// Deprecated: this package is only used internally, and will be removed in the next release.
 package platform // import "github.com/docker/docker/pkg/platform"
 
 import (
-	"context"
-
-	"github.com/containerd/log"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/internal/platform"
 )
 
 // Architecture holds the runtime architecture of the process.
@@ -15,12 +15,13 @@ import (
 //
 // For example, Architecture reports "x86_64" as architecture, even
 // when running a "linux/386" compiled binary on "linux/amd64" hardware.
-var Architecture string
+//
+// Deprecated: this package is only used internally, and will be removed in the next release.
+var Architecture = platform.Architecture()
 
-func init() {
-	var err error
-	Architecture, err = runtimeArchitecture()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.G(context.TODO()).WithError(err).Error("Could not read system architecture info")
-	}
+// NumProcs returns the number of processors on the system
+//
+// Deprecated: this package is only used internally, and will be removed in the next release.
+func NumProcs() uint32 {
+	return platform.NumProcs()
 }