diff --git a/pkg/apis/provisioning/v1alpha4/register.go b/pkg/apis/provisioning/v1alpha4/register.go
index e50e8001f09b..f39caf74fd0e 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/provisioning/v1alpha4/register.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/provisioning/v1alpha4/register.go
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ var (
 		v1.LabelTopologyZone:       {},
 		v1.LabelInstanceTypeStable: {},
 	}
-	DefaultHook = func(ctx context.Context, constraints *Constraints) {}
-	ValidateHook = func(ctx context.Context, constraints *Constraints) *apis.FieldError { return nil }
-	ConstrainHook  = func(ctx context.Context, constraints *Constraints, pods ...*v1.Pod) error { return nil }
+	DefaultHook   = func(ctx context.Context, constraints *Constraints) {}
+	ValidateHook  = func(ctx context.Context, constraints *Constraints) *apis.FieldError { return nil }
+	ConstrainHook = func(ctx context.Context, constraints *Constraints, pods ...*v1.Pod) error { return nil }
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/aws/ami.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/aws/ami.go
index 4b0f6bd174b5..fe5c1040f3b0 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/aws/ami.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/aws/ami.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func (p *AMIProvider) getSSMParameter(ctx context.Context, constraints *v1alpha1
 			return "", fmt.Errorf("no amazon-linux-2 ami available for both nvidia/neuron gpus and arm64 cpus")
 		}
 		amiNameSuffix = "-gpu"
-	} else if functional.ContainsString(constraints.Architectures, v1alpha4.ArchitectureArm64)  {
+	} else if functional.ContainsString(constraints.Architectures, v1alpha4.ArchitectureArm64) {
 		amiNameSuffix = "-arm64"
 	}
 	return fmt.Sprintf("/aws/service/eks/optimized-ami/%s/amazon-linux-2%s/recommended/image_id", version, amiNameSuffix), nil
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/aws/apis/v1alpha1/constraints_defaults.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/aws/apis/v1alpha1/constraints_defaults.go
index 99b4d2478420..fca12b22560b 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/aws/apis/v1alpha1/constraints_defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/aws/apis/v1alpha1/constraints_defaults.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ var ClusterDiscoveryTagKeyFormat = "kubernetes.io/cluster/%s"
 
 // Default the constraints.
 func (c *Constraints) Default(ctx context.Context) {
+	c.defaultArchitectures(ctx)
 	c.defaultCapacityTypes(ctx)
 	c.defaultSubnets(ctx)
 	c.defaultSecurityGroups(ctx)
@@ -39,6 +40,16 @@ func (c *Constraints) defaultCapacityTypes(ctx context.Context) {
 	c.CapacityTypes = []string{CapacityTypeOnDemand}
 }
 
+func (c *Constraints) defaultArchitectures(ctx context.Context) {
+	if len(c.Architectures) != 0 {
+		return
+	}
+	// In practice it is rare to be able to support both amd64 and
+	// arm64 at the same time, so we default to just amd64; this could
+	// change over time as tooling and techniques improve, etc.
+	c.Architectures = []string{v1alpha4.ArchitectureAmd64}
+}
+
 func (c *Constraints) defaultSubnets(ctx context.Context) {
 	if c.SubnetSelector != nil {
 		return
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/aws/cloudprovider.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/aws/cloudprovider.go
index 8e6122a85fac..4957b71caae8 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/aws/cloudprovider.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/aws/cloudprovider.go
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ func (c *CloudProvider) Constrain(ctx context.Context, constraints *v1alpha4.Con
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to deserialize provider, %w", err)
 	}
-	if err:= vendorConstraints.Constrain(ctx, pods...); err != nil {
+	if err := vendorConstraints.Constrain(ctx, pods...); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	constraints.Provider.Raw, err = json.Marshal(vendorConstraints.AWS)
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/fake/cloudprovider.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/fake/cloudprovider.go
index aa9396892aeb..74072b3b5118 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/fake/cloudprovider.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/fake/cloudprovider.go
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ func (c *CloudProvider) Create(ctx context.Context, constraints *v1alpha4.Constr
 	go func() {
 		err <- bind(&v1.Node{
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-				Name:   name,
+				Name: name,
 				Labels: map[string]string{
-					v1.LabelTopologyZone: zone,
+					v1.LabelTopologyZone:       zone,
 					v1.LabelInstanceTypeStable: instance.Name(),
 				},
 			},
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/allocation/scheduling/scheduler.go b/pkg/controllers/allocation/scheduling/scheduler.go
index 3d4d22c82029..49d680200fff 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/allocation/scheduling/scheduler.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/allocation/scheduling/scheduler.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func NewScheduler(cloudProvider cloudprovider.CloudProvider, kubeClient client.C
 	return &Scheduler{
 		KubeClient: kubeClient,
 		Topology: &Topology{
-			kubeClient:    kubeClient,
+			kubeClient: kubeClient,
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ func (s *Scheduler) getDaemons(ctx context.Context, constraints *v1alpha4.Constr
 	return pods, nil
 }
 
-
 // IsSchedulable returns true if the pod can schedule to the node
 func DaemonWillSchedule(constraints *v1alpha4.Constraints, pod *v1.Pod) bool {
 	// Tolerate Taints