diff --git a/build/iOS/deps/freetype.sh b/build/iOS/deps/freetype.sh
index a90694919..abf733452 100755
--- a/build/iOS/deps/freetype.sh
+++ b/build/iOS/deps/freetype.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash -e
 
 . ../sdk.sh
-IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=
 FREETYPE_VERSION=2.7
 
 if [ ! -d freetype-src ]; then
diff --git a/build/iOS/sdk.sh b/build/iOS/sdk.sh
index 755dcbb9e..e37939461 100755
--- a/build/iOS/sdk.sh
+++ b/build/iOS/sdk.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 # This file sets the appropiate compiler and flags for compiling for iOS without XCode
 sdk=iphoneos
+osver=8.0
 
 export IOS_COMPILER=$(xcrun --sdk $sdk --find clang)
-export IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=8.0
 export IOS_CC=$IOS_COMPILER
 export IOS_CXX=$IOS_COMPILER
-export IOS_FLAGS="-isysroot $(xcrun --sdk $sdk --show-sdk-path) -arch armv7 -arch arm64 -Ofast -fvisibility=hidden"
+export IOS_FLAGS="-isysroot $(xcrun --sdk $sdk --show-sdk-path) -arch armv7 -arch arm64 -miphoneos-version-min=$osver -Ofast -fvisibility=hidden"