diff --git a/Lib/sysconfig.py b/Lib/sysconfig.py
index 294fb07..b2183d8 100644
--- a/Lib/sysconfig.py
+++ b/Lib/sysconfig.py
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@
             # bootstrap problem. We use a dict to get an error
             # if some suspicious happens.
             bitness = {2147483647:"32bit", 9223372036854775807:"64bit"}
-            machine += ".%s" % bitness[sys.maxint]
+            machine += ".%s" % bitness[sys.maxsize]
         # fall through to standard osname-release-machine representation
     elif osname[:4] == "irix":              # could be "irix64"!
         return "%s-%s" % (osname, release)