diff --git a/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake b/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake
index 96e75fc3c0c..d3203c5cd9f 100644
--- a/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake
+++ b/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake
@@ -3474,17 +3474,6 @@ macro(qt6_standard_project_setup)
         if(NOT DEFINED QT_I18N_SOURCE_LANGUAGE)
             set(QT_I18N_SOURCE_LANGUAGE ${__qt_sps_arg_I18N_SOURCE_LANGUAGE})
         endif()
-
-        # Ensure we always use device SDK for Xcode
-        if(CMAKE_GENERATOR STREQUAL "Xcode")
-            if(${CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT} MATCHES "^[a-z]+simulator$")
-                # Xcode expects the base SDK to be the device SDK
-                set(simulator_sysroot "${CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT}")
-                string(REGEX REPLACE "simulator" "os" CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT "${CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT}")
-                set(CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT "${CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT}" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
-                set(CMAKE_XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_SUPPORTED_PLATFORMS "${simulator_sysroot}")
-            endif()
-        endif()
     endif()
 endmacro()