diff --git a/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/arch/s390x/mod.rs b/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/arch/s390x/mod.rs
index 4acf614af..b3196547b 100644
--- a/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/arch/s390x/mod.rs
+++ b/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/arch/s390x/mod.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ mod arch_specific {
     const CPUINFO_FEATURES_TAG: &str = "features";
     const CPU_FEATURES_REQ: &[&str] = &["sie"];
 
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
     pub const ARCH_CPU_VENDOR_FIELD: &str = check::GENERIC_CPU_VENDOR_FIELD;
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
     pub const ARCH_CPU_MODEL_FIELD: &str = "machine";
 
     // check cpu
diff --git a/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/check.rs b/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/check.rs
index 66d7c776e..a847be376 100644
--- a/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/check.rs
+++ b/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/check.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ const USER_AGT: &str = "kata";
 pub const GENERIC_CPU_VENDOR_FIELD: &str = "vendor_id";
 pub const GENERIC_CPU_MODEL_FIELD: &str = "model name";
 
+#[allow(dead_code)]
 pub const PROC_CPUINFO: &str = "/proc/cpuinfo";
 
 #[cfg(any(target_arch = "s390x", target_arch = "x86_64"))]
diff --git a/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/utils.rs b/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/utils.rs
index 6b7b40512..b1564f4c4 100644
--- a/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/utils.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@
 
 #![allow(dead_code)]
 
+#[cfg(any(target_arch = "s390x", target_arch = "x86_64"))]
 use crate::arch::arch_specific;
+#[cfg(any(target_arch = "s390x", target_arch = "x86_64"))]
 use crate::check::get_single_cpu_info;
+
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Context, Result};
 use std::fs;
 
@@ -103,6 +106,7 @@ pub fn get_distro_details(os_release: &str, os_release_clr: &str) -> Result<(Str
     Ok((name, version))
 }
 
+#[cfg(any(target_arch = "s390x", target_arch = "x86_64"))]
 pub fn get_generic_cpu_details(cpu_info_file: &str) -> Result<(String, String)> {
     let cpu_info = get_single_cpu_info(cpu_info_file, "\n\n")?;
     let lines = cpu_info.lines();
@@ -143,7 +147,6 @@ pub fn get_generic_cpu_details(cpu_info_file: &str) -> Result<(String, String)>
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
-    use crate::check::PROC_CPUINFO;
     use std::io::Write;
     use tempfile::tempdir;
 
@@ -223,12 +226,14 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(res.is_ok());
     }
 
+    #[cfg(any(target_arch = "x86_64"))]
     #[test]
     fn get_generic_cpu_details_system() {
-        let res = get_generic_cpu_details(PROC_CPUINFO);
+        let res = get_generic_cpu_details(crate::check::PROC_CPUINFO);
         assert!(res.is_ok());
     }
 
+    #[cfg(any(target_arch = "s390x", target_arch = "x86_64"))]
     #[test]
     fn get_generic_cpu_details_valid_contents() {
         let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
@@ -250,12 +255,14 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(res.as_ref().unwrap().1, expected_model_name);
     }
 
+    #[cfg(any(target_arch = "s390x", target_arch = "x86_64"))]
     #[test]
     fn get_generic_cpu_details_invalid_file() {
         let res = get_generic_cpu_details("/tmp/missing.txt");
         assert!(res.is_err());
     }
 
+    #[cfg(any(target_arch = "s390x", target_arch = "x86_64"))]
     #[test]
     fn get_generic_cpu_details_invalid_contents() {
         let dir = tempdir().unwrap();