diff --git a/shell/platform/darwin/ios/BUILD.gn b/shell/platform/darwin/ios/BUILD.gn
index 8d357e2731377..dbff86b9bf27e 100644
--- a/shell/platform/darwin/ios/BUILD.gn
+++ b/shell/platform/darwin/ios/BUILD.gn
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ source_set("ios_test_flutter_mrc") {
 }
 
 shared_library("ios_test_flutter") {
+  testonly = true
   visibility = [ ":*" ]
   cflags = [
     "-fvisibility=default",
@@ -303,6 +304,7 @@ shared_library("ios_test_flutter") {
     "framework/Source/connection_collection_test.mm",
   ]
   deps = [
+    ":flutter_framework",
     ":flutter_framework_source",
     ":flutter_framework_source_arc",
     ":ios_gpu_configuration",
@@ -465,8 +467,4 @@ action("flutter_framework") {
   ]
 
   deps = [ ":universal_flutter_framework" ]
-
-  if (is_debug) {
-    deps += [ ":ios_test_flutter" ]
-  }
 }