diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 019daf80df..526a4c21bd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -1068,13 +1068,12 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cargo install cargo-cache --no-default-features --features ci-autoclean
           cargo-cache
-
   # This is ci/actions-templates/macos-builds-template.yaml
   # Do not edit this file in .github/workflows
   build-macos-x86_64: # job-name skip-aarch64
-    runs-on: macos-13 # skip-aarch64
     env: # skip-aarch64
       MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: 10.12 # skip-aarch64
+    runs-on: macos-latest
     permissions:
       id-token: write
       contents: read
@@ -1143,6 +1142,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run a full build and test
         env:
           BUILD_PROFILE: ${{ matrix.mode }}
+        shell: arch -x86_64 bash -e {0} # skip-aarch64
         run: bash ci/run.bash
       - name: Dump dynamic link targets
         if: matrix.mode == 'release'
@@ -1200,13 +1200,12 @@ jobs:
         # https://github.com/actions/cache/issues/403 and
         # https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/8603.
         run: sudo /usr/sbin/purge
-
   # This is ci/actions-templates/macos-builds-template.yaml
   # Do not edit this file in .github/workflows
   build-macos-aarch64: # job-name skip-x86_64
-    runs-on: macos-latest # skip-x86_64
     env: # skip-x86_64
       MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: 11.0 # skip-x86_64
+    runs-on: macos-latest
     permissions:
       id-token: write
       contents: read
diff --git a/ci/actions-templates/macos-builds-template.yaml b/ci/actions-templates/macos-builds-template.yaml
index 9f642ed3a4..34fb7f4734 100644
--- a/ci/actions-templates/macos-builds-template.yaml
+++ b/ci/actions-templates/macos-builds-template.yaml
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 jobs: # skip-x86_64 skip-aarch64
-
   # This is ci/actions-templates/macos-builds-template.yaml
   # Do not edit this file in .github/workflows
   build-macos-aarch64: # job-name skip-x86_64
-    runs-on: macos-latest # skip-x86_64
     env: # skip-x86_64
       MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: 11.0 # skip-x86_64
   build-macos-x86_64: # job-name skip-aarch64
-    runs-on: macos-13 # skip-aarch64
     env: # skip-aarch64
       MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: 10.12 # skip-aarch64
+    runs-on: macos-latest
     permissions:
       id-token: write
       contents: read
@@ -79,6 +77,7 @@ jobs: # skip-x86_64 skip-aarch64
       - name: Run a full build and test
         env:
           BUILD_PROFILE: ${{ matrix.mode }}
+        shell: arch -x86_64 bash -e {0} # skip-aarch64
         run: bash ci/run.bash
       - name: Dump dynamic link targets
         if: matrix.mode == 'release'
diff --git a/rustup-init.sh b/rustup-init.sh
index e8da63b196..6a50beacb5 100755
--- a/rustup-init.sh
+++ b/rustup-init.sh
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ get_architecture() {
             # See: <https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208436>
 
             # Avoid `sysctl: unknown oid` stderr output and/or non-zero exit code.
-            if sysctl hw.optional.x86_64 2> /dev/null || true | grep -q ': 1'; then
+            if (sysctl hw.optional.x86_64 2> /dev/null || true) | grep -q ': 1'; then
                 _cputype=x86_64
             fi
         elif [ "$_cputype" = x86_64 ]; then
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ get_architecture() {
             # Rosetta 2 is built exclusively for x86-64 and cannot run i386 binaries.
 
             # Avoid `sysctl: unknown oid` stderr output and/or non-zero exit code.
-            if sysctl hw.optional.arm64 2> /dev/null || true | grep -q ': 1'; then
+            if (sysctl hw.optional.arm64 2> /dev/null || true) | grep -q ': 1'; then
                 _cputype=arm64
             fi
         fi
diff --git a/src/cli/common.rs b/src/cli/common.rs
index 031d149c95..12bdad7dbd 100644
--- a/src/cli/common.rs
+++ b/src/cli/common.rs
@@ -630,6 +630,11 @@ pub(crate) fn check_non_host_toolchain(
 
 /// Warns if rustup is running under emulation, such as macOS Rosetta
 pub(crate) fn warn_if_host_is_emulated(process: &Process) {
+    // In rustup's own CI, we wouldn't want host emulation warnings to mess up the
+    // end-to-end test results.
+    if process.var("RUSTUP_CI").is_ok() {
+        return;
+    }
     if TargetTriple::is_host_emulated() {
         warn!(
             "Rustup is not running natively. It's running under emulation of {}.",
diff --git a/src/test/clitools.rs b/src/test/clitools.rs
index 4501e1db8a..5e9a98590e 100644
--- a/src/test/clitools.rs
+++ b/src/test/clitools.rs
@@ -277,6 +277,11 @@ impl Config {
             "/bogus-config-file.toml",
         );
 
+        // Pass `RUSTUP_CI` over to the test process in case it is required downstream
+        if let Some(ci) = env::var_os("RUSTUP_CI") {
+            cmd.env("RUSTUP_CI", ci);
+        }
+
         if let Some(root) = self.rustup_update_root.as_ref() {
             cmd.env("RUSTUP_UPDATE_ROOT", root);
         }