diff --git a/shell/browser/mac/in_app_purchase.mm b/shell/browser/mac/in_app_purchase.mm
index d015183652aa..3ff87a98300d 100644
--- a/shell/browser/mac/in_app_purchase.mm
+++ b/shell/browser/mac/in_app_purchase.mm
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
   in_app_purchase::InAppPurchaseCallback callback_;
   NSInteger quantity_;
   NSString* username_;
+  InAppPurchase __strong* self_;
 }
 
 - (id)initWithCallback:(in_app_purchase::InAppPurchaseCallback)callback
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@
     callback_ = std::move(callback);
     quantity_ = quantity;
     username_ = [username copy];
+    self_ = self;
   }
 
   return self;
@@ -91,6 +93,7 @@
   // Return if the product is not found or invalid.
   if (product == nil) {
     [self runCallback:false];
+    self_ = nil;
     return;
   }
 
@@ -114,6 +117,7 @@
 
   // Notify that the payment has been added to the queue with success.
   [self runCallback:true];
+  self_ = nil;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -128,10 +132,6 @@
   }
 }
 
-- (void)dealloc {
-  username_ = nil;
-}
-
 @end
 
 // ============================================================================
diff --git a/shell/browser/mac/in_app_purchase_product.mm b/shell/browser/mac/in_app_purchase_product.mm
index adae14602bf1..f1b3ea541e2f 100644
--- a/shell/browser/mac/in_app_purchase_product.mm
+++ b/shell/browser/mac/in_app_purchase_product.mm
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 @interface InAppPurchaseProduct : NSObject <SKProductsRequestDelegate> {
  @private
   in_app_purchase::InAppPurchaseProductsCallback callback_;
+  InAppPurchaseProduct __strong* self_;
 }
 
 - (id)initWithCallback:(in_app_purchase::InAppPurchaseProductsCallback)callback;
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@
     (in_app_purchase::InAppPurchaseProductsCallback)callback {
   if ((self = [super init])) {
     callback_ = std::move(callback);
+    self_ = self;
   }
 
   return self;
@@ -81,6 +83,7 @@
   // Send the callback to the browser thread.
   content::GetUIThreadTaskRunner({})->PostTask(
       FROM_HERE, base::BindOnce(std::move(callback_), converted));
+  self_ = nil;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/spec/api-in-app-purchase-spec.ts b/spec/api-in-app-purchase-spec.ts
index 67c8d66f4f3b..72b892b2fa94 100644
--- a/spec/api-in-app-purchase-spec.ts
+++ b/spec/api-in-app-purchase-spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { expect } from 'chai';
 import { inAppPurchase } from 'electron/main';
+import { ifdescribe } from './lib/spec-helpers';
 
 describe('inAppPurchase module', function () {
   if (process.platform !== 'darwin') return;
@@ -33,11 +34,9 @@ describe('inAppPurchase module', function () {
     expect(inAppPurchase.getReceiptURL()).to.match(/_MASReceipt\/receipt$/);
   });
 
-  // The following three tests are disabled because they hit Apple servers, and
-  // Apple started blocking requests from AWS IPs (we think), so they fail on CI.
-  // TODO: find a way to mock out the server requests so we can test these APIs
-  // without relying on a remote service.
-  xdescribe('handles product purchases', () => {
+  // This fails on x64 in CI - likely owing to some weirdness with the machines.
+  // We should look into fixing it there but at least run it on arm6 machines.
+  ifdescribe(process.arch !== 'x64')('handles product purchases', () => {
     it('purchaseProduct() fails when buying invalid product', async () => {
       const success = await inAppPurchase.purchaseProduct('non-exist');
       expect(success).to.be.false('failed to purchase non-existent product');