diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bc8abe9bb..a22d70753 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -466,11 +466,6 @@ if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Cygwin")
   add_definitions(-fno-builtin-memcmp -DCYGWIN)
 elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Darwin")
   add_definitions(-DOS_MACOSX)
-  if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES arm)
-    add_definitions(-DIOS_CROSS_COMPILE -DROCKSDB_LITE)
-    # no debug info for IOS, that will make our library big
-    add_definitions(-DNDEBUG)
-  endif()
 elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux")
   add_definitions(-DOS_LINUX)
 elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "SunOS")