diff --git a/contrib/rocksdb-cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/rocksdb-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index c35009ba10a..529d7f0c4e3 100644
--- a/contrib/rocksdb-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/rocksdb-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -127,11 +127,6 @@ endif()
 
 if(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")