diff --git a/internal/host_endianess_be.go b/internal/host_endianess_be.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0d0b45d77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/host_endianess_be.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+//go:build armbe || arm64be || mips || mips64 || mips64p32 || ppc || ppc64 || s390 || s390x || sparc || sparc64
+
+package internal
+
+import "encoding/binary"
+
+var HostEndianess = binary.BigEndian
diff --git a/internal/host_endianess_le.go b/internal/host_endianess_le.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6871a30c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/host_endianess_le.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+//go:build 386 || amd64 || amd64p32 || arm || arm64 || loong64 || mipsle || mips64le || mips64p32le || ppc64le || riscv || riscv64 || wasm
+
+package internal
+
+import "encoding/binary"
+
+var HostEndianess = binary.LittleEndian
diff --git a/plugins/parsers/binary/entry_test.go b/plugins/parsers/binary/entry_test.go
index 5dff01eab..12e6f052a 100644
--- a/plugins/parsers/binary/entry_test.go
+++ b/plugins/parsers/binary/entry_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ func TestEntryConvertType(t *testing.T) {
 	testdata := []byte{0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04}
 
 	e := &Entry{Type: "garbage"}
-	_, err := e.convertType(testdata, hostEndianess)
+	_, err := e.convertType(testdata, internal.HostEndianess)
 	require.EqualError(t, err, `cannot handle type "garbage"`)
 }
 
@@ -27,16 +28,16 @@ func TestEntryConvertTimeType(t *testing.T) {
 	testdata := []byte{0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08, 0x09}
 
 	e := &Entry{Type: "unix_ns", location: time.UTC}
-	_, err := e.convertTimeType(testdata, hostEndianess)
+	_, err := e.convertTimeType(testdata, internal.HostEndianess)
 	require.EqualError(t, err, `too many bytes 9 vs 8`)
 }
 
 func TestConvertNumericType(t *testing.T) {
 	testdata := []byte{0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04}
 
-	_, err := convertNumericType(testdata, "garbage", hostEndianess)
+	_, err := convertNumericType(testdata, "garbage", internal.HostEndianess)
 	require.EqualError(t, err, `cannot determine length for type "garbage"`)
 
-	_, err = convertNumericType(testdata, "uint8", hostEndianess)
+	_, err = convertNumericType(testdata, "uint8", internal.HostEndianess)
 	require.EqualError(t, err, `too many bytes 4 vs 1`)
 }
diff --git a/plugins/parsers/binary/host_endianess_be.go b/plugins/parsers/binary/host_endianess_be.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 0dc1929cd..000000000
--- a/plugins/parsers/binary/host_endianess_be.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-//go:build arm64be
-// +build arm64be
-
-package binary
-
-import "encoding/binary"
-
-var hostEndianess = binary.BigEndian
diff --git a/plugins/parsers/binary/host_endianess_le.go b/plugins/parsers/binary/host_endianess_le.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f64625a6..000000000
--- a/plugins/parsers/binary/host_endianess_le.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-//go:build !arm64be
-// +build !arm64be
-
-package binary
-
-import "encoding/binary"
-
-var hostEndianess = binary.LittleEndian
diff --git a/plugins/parsers/binary/parser.go b/plugins/parsers/binary/parser.go
index cf8abbe4d..7f3212101 100644
--- a/plugins/parsers/binary/parser.go
+++ b/plugins/parsers/binary/parser.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/parsers"
 )
 
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ func (p *Parser) Init() error {
 	case "be":
 		p.converter = binary.BigEndian
 	case "", "host":
-		p.converter = hostEndianess
+		p.converter = internal.HostEndianess
 	default:
 		return fmt.Errorf("unknown endianess %q", p.Endianess)
 	}
diff --git a/plugins/parsers/binary/parser_test.go b/plugins/parsers/binary/parser_test.go
index d22951021..5f11f355d 100644
--- a/plugins/parsers/binary/parser_test.go
+++ b/plugins/parsers/binary/parser_test.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/config"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/metric"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/file"
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ func determineEndianess(endianess string) binary.ByteOrder {
 	case "be":
 		return binary.BigEndian
 	case "host":
-		return hostEndianess
+		return internal.HostEndianess
 	}
 	panic(fmt.Errorf("unknown endianess %q", endianess))
 }
@@ -218,7 +219,7 @@ func TestFilterNoMatch(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		require.NoError(t, parser.Init())
 
-		data, err := generateBinary(testdata, hostEndianess)
+		data, err := generateBinary(testdata, internal.HostEndianess)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
 		_, err = parser.Parse(data)
@@ -239,7 +240,7 @@ func TestFilterNoMatch(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		require.NoError(t, parser.Init())
 
-		data, err := generateBinary(testdata, hostEndianess)
+		data, err := generateBinary(testdata, internal.HostEndianess)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
 		metrics, err := parser.Parse(data)
@@ -389,7 +390,7 @@ func TestFilterLength(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 			require.NoError(t, parser.Init())
 
-			data, err := generateBinary(tt.data, hostEndianess)
+			data, err := generateBinary(tt.data, internal.HostEndianess)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 
 			metrics, err := parser.Parse(data)