diff --git a/dist-build/ios.sh b/dist-build/ios.sh
index 1fa72011..de39481e 100755
--- a/dist-build/ios.sh
+++ b/dist-build/ios.sh
@@ -16,15 +16,14 @@ export SIMULATOR32_PREFIX="$PREFIX/tmp/simulator32"
 export SIMULATOR64_PREFIX="$PREFIX/tmp/simulator64"
 export XCODEDIR=$(xcode-select -p)
 
-echo 'int main(void) { return 0; }' > conftest.c
-if clang -arch armv7 conftest.c 2> /dev/null; then
-  export IOS_SIMULATOR_VERSION_MIN=${IOS_SIMULATOR_VERSION_MIN-"5.1.1"}
-  export IOS_VERSION_MIN=${IOS_VERSION_MIN-"5.1.1"}
-else
+xcode_major=$(xcodebuild -version|egrep '^Xcode '|cut -d' ' -f2|cut -d. -f1)
+if [ $xcode_major -ge 8 ]; then
   export IOS_SIMULATOR_VERSION_MIN=${IOS_SIMULATOR_VERSION_MIN-"6.0.0"}
   export IOS_VERSION_MIN=${IOS_VERSION_MIN-"6.0.0"}
+else
+  export IOS_SIMULATOR_VERSION_MIN=${IOS_SIMULATOR_VERSION_MIN-"5.1.1"}
+  export IOS_VERSION_MIN=${IOS_VERSION_MIN-"5.1.1"}
 fi
-rm -f conftest.c
 
 mkdir -p $SIMULATOR32_PREFIX $SIMULATOR64_PREFIX $IOS32_PREFIX $IOS64_PREFIX || exit 1