diff --git a/cabal.project b/cabal.project
index e859fc0749..de7ae67bb1 100644
--- a/cabal.project
+++ b/cabal.project
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ packages: .
 
 constraints: zip +disable-bzip2 +disable-zstd
 
-package direct-sqlcipher
-    flags: +openssl
-
 source-repository-package
     type: git
     location: https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplexmq.git
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index eab982de5d..23f22ee737 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -219,7 +219,13 @@
             };
             "aarch64-darwin" = {
               # this is the aarch64-darwin iOS build (to be patched with mac2ios)
-              "aarch64-darwin-ios:lib:simplex-chat" = (drv' { pkgs' = pkgs; extra-modules = [{ packages.simplexmq.flags.swift = true; }]; } ).simplex-chat.components.library.override {
+              "aarch64-darwin-ios:lib:simplex-chat" = (drv' {
+                pkgs' = pkgs;
+                extra-modules = [{
+                  packages.simplexmq.flags.swift = true;
+                  packages.direct-sqlcipher.flags.commoncrypto = true;
+                }];
+              } ).simplex-chat.components.library.override {
                 smallAddressSpace = true; enableShared = false;
                 # we need threaded here, otherwise all the queing logic doesn't work properly.
                 # for iOS we also use -staticlib, to get one rolled up library.
@@ -273,7 +279,13 @@
             };
             "x86_64-darwin" = {
               # this is the aarch64-darwin iOS build (to be patched with mac2ios)
-              "x86_64-darwin-ios:lib:simplex-chat" = (drv' { pkgs' = pkgs; extra-modules = [{ packages.simplexmq.flags.swift = true; }]; } ).simplex-chat.components.library.override {
+              "x86_64-darwin-ios:lib:simplex-chat" = (drv' {
+                pkgs' = pkgs;
+                extra-modules = [{
+                  packages.simplexmq.flags.swift = true;
+                  packages.direct-sqlcipher.flags.commoncrypto = true;
+                }];
+              } ).simplex-chat.components.library.override {
                 smallAddressSpace = true; enableShared = false;
                 # we need threaded here, otherwise all the queing logic doesn't work properly.
                 # for iOS we also use -staticlib, to get one rolled up library.