diff --git a/kivy_ios/recipes/libffi/__init__.py b/kivy_ios/recipes/libffi/__init__.py
index 12b7c768..504280b2 100644
--- a/kivy_ios/recipes/libffi/__init__.py
+++ b/kivy_ios/recipes/libffi/__init__.py
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ def build_platform(self, plat):
         shprint(sh.xcodebuild, self.ctx.concurrent_xcodebuild,
                 "ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH=NO",
                 "ARCHS={}".format(plat.arch),
-                "BITCODE_GENERATION_MODE=bitcode",
                 "-sdk", plat.sdk,
                 "-project", "libffi.xcodeproj",
                 "-target", "libffi-iOS",
diff --git a/kivy_ios/recipes/python3/__init__.py b/kivy_ios/recipes/python3/__init__.py
index 4e380810..47e78066 100644
--- a/kivy_ios/recipes/python3/__init__.py
+++ b/kivy_ios/recipes/python3/__init__.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def build_platform(self, plat):
         shprint(configure,
                 "CC={}".format(build_env["CC"]),
                 "LD={}".format(build_env["LD"]),
-                "CFLAGS={}".format(build_env["CFLAGS"].replace("-fembed-bitcode", "")),
+                "CFLAGS={}".format(build_env["CFLAGS"]),
                 "LDFLAGS={} -undefined dynamic_lookup".format(build_env["LDFLAGS"]),
                 "ac_cv_file__dev_ptmx=yes",
                 "ac_cv_file__dev_ptc=no",
diff --git a/kivy_ios/recipes/sdl2/__init__.py b/kivy_ios/recipes/sdl2/__init__.py
index 2954661a..3e34611d 100644
--- a/kivy_ios/recipes/sdl2/__init__.py
+++ b/kivy_ios/recipes/sdl2/__init__.py
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ def build_platform(self, plat):
         shprint(sh.xcodebuild, self.ctx.concurrent_xcodebuild,
                 "ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH=NO",
                 "ARCHS={}".format(plat.arch),
-                "BITCODE_GENERATION_MODE=bitcode",
                 "CC={}".format(env['CC']),
                 "-sdk", plat.sdk,
                 "-project", "Xcode/SDL/SDL.xcodeproj",
diff --git a/kivy_ios/recipes/sdl2_image/__init__.py b/kivy_ios/recipes/sdl2_image/__init__.py
index f0f2b0dd..be4c3579 100644
--- a/kivy_ios/recipes/sdl2_image/__init__.py
+++ b/kivy_ios/recipes/sdl2_image/__init__.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ def build_platform(self, plat):
         shprint(sh.xcodebuild, self.ctx.concurrent_xcodebuild,
                 "ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH=NO",
                 "ARCHS={}".format(plat.arch),
-                "BITCODE_GENERATION_MODE=bitcode",
                 "HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS={}".format(
                     join(self.ctx.include_dir, "common", "sdl2")),
                 "-sdk", plat.sdk,
diff --git a/kivy_ios/recipes/sdl2_mixer/__init__.py b/kivy_ios/recipes/sdl2_mixer/__init__.py
index 754a8e21..1b27bdc2 100644
--- a/kivy_ios/recipes/sdl2_mixer/__init__.py
+++ b/kivy_ios/recipes/sdl2_mixer/__init__.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ def build_platform(self, plat):
         shprint(sh.xcodebuild, self.ctx.concurrent_xcodebuild,
                 "ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH=NO",
                 "ARCHS={}".format(plat.arch),
-                "BITCODE_GENERATION_MODE=bitcode",
                 "HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS=$HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS /usr/include/machine {} ".format(" ".join(plat.include_dirs)),
                 "-sdk", plat.sdk,
                 "-project", "Xcode/SDL_mixer.xcodeproj",
diff --git a/kivy_ios/recipes/sdl2_ttf/__init__.py b/kivy_ios/recipes/sdl2_ttf/__init__.py
index fa0352cf..57c2e6c7 100644
--- a/kivy_ios/recipes/sdl2_ttf/__init__.py
+++ b/kivy_ios/recipes/sdl2_ttf/__init__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ def build_platform(self, plat):
         shprint(sh.xcodebuild, self.ctx.concurrent_xcodebuild,
                 "ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH=NO",
                 "ARCHS={}".format(plat.arch),
-                "BITCODE_GENERATION_MODE=bitcode",
                 "GENERATE_MASTER_OBJECT_FILE=YES",
                 "HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS={sdl_include_dir} {libpng_include_dir}".format(
                     sdl_include_dir=join(self.ctx.include_dir, "common", "sdl2"),
diff --git a/kivy_ios/toolchain.py b/kivy_ios/toolchain.py
index 1fdaee05..cd30b318 100755
--- a/kivy_ios/toolchain.py
+++ b/kivy_ios/toolchain.py
@@ -250,8 +250,6 @@ def noicctempfile():
             "-O3",
             self.version_min,
         ] + include_dirs)
-        if self.sdk == "iphoneos":
-            env["CFLAGS"] += " -fembed-bitcode"
         env["LDFLAGS"] = " ".join([
             "-arch", self.arch,
             # "--sysroot", self.sysroot,
diff --git a/kivy_ios/tools/cpplink b/kivy_ios/tools/cpplink
index 952f2225..e9328e15 100755
--- a/kivy_ios/tools/cpplink
+++ b/kivy_ios/tools/cpplink
@@ -109,8 +109,6 @@ def call_linker(objects, output):
         raise ValueError("Unsupported SDK: {}".format(sdk))
 
     call = [ld, '-r', '-o', output + '.o', min_version_flag, '9.0', '-arch', arch]
-    if min_version_flag == "-ios_version_min":
-        call += ["-bitcode_bundle"]
     call += objects
     print("Linking: {}".format(" ".join(call)))
     result = subprocess.run(call)
diff --git a/kivy_ios/tools/liblink b/kivy_ios/tools/liblink
index 494266e8..c48a1456 100755
--- a/kivy_ios/tools/liblink
+++ b/kivy_ios/tools/liblink
@@ -87,8 +87,6 @@ elif sdk == 'iphonesimulator':
 else:
     raise ValueError("Unsupported SDK: {}".format(sdk))
 call = [ld, '-r', '-o', output + '.o', min_version_flag, '9.0', '-arch', arch]
-if min_version_flag == "-ios_version_min":
-    call += ["-bitcode_bundle"]
 call += objects
 print("Linking: {}".format(" ".join(call)))
 subprocess.call(call)