diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index ea6e0089..2099621c 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -1196,7 +1196,8 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Darwin)
 IOS_DEPS := out/openssl/ios/ios64-xcrun/usr/local/lib/libssl.a
 $(IOS_DEPS):
-	+@tools/ssl-ios
+	+@BUILD_PLATFORM=ios BUILD_TARGET=ios64-xcrun SSL_TARGET=ios64-xcrun OPTIONS="--static -static -Os -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fPIC -Wno-macro-redefined -miphoneos-version-min=9.0" tools/ssl-local
+	+@BUILD_PLATFORM=ios BUILD_TARGET=iossimulator-xcrun SSL_TARGET=iossimulator-xcrun OPTIONS="--static -static -Os -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fPIC -Wno-macro-redefined" tools/ssl-local
 $(filter $(BUILD_DIR)/ios%,$(APP_OBJS)): | $(IOS_DEPS)
 endif
 
diff --git a/tools/ssl-ios b/tools/ssl-ios
deleted file mode 100755
index c9b51d6b..00000000
--- a/tools/ssl-ios
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-API_LEVEL=28
-
-BUILD_DIR=out/openssl_ios_build
-
-BUILD_TARGETS="ios64-xcrun iossimulator-xcrun"
-
-WORK_DIR=out/openssl-ios
-rm -rf $WORK_DIR
-cp -af deps/openssl_src/ $WORK_DIR
-
-build_the_thing() {
-    export PATH=$TOOLCHAIN/$TRIBLE/bin:$TOOLCHAIN/bin:$PATH
-    echo $PATH
-    echo "./Configure $SSL_TARGET $OPTIONS" && \
-    ./Configure $SSL_TARGET $OPTIONS no-tests && \
-    make clean && \
-    make build_generated && \
-    make libcrypto.a libssl.a || exit 128
-}
-
-for build_target in $BUILD_TARGETS
-do
-    echo "Building $build_target"
-    pwd
-    pushd $WORK_DIR || exit 128
-
-    case $build_target in
-    ios64-xcrun)
-        TRIBLE="arm64-darwin-ios"
-        OPTIONS="--static -static -Os -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fPIC -Wno-macro-redefined -miphoneos-version-min=9.0"
-        DESTDIR="/tmp/$BUILD_DIR/arm64-ios"
-        SSL_TARGET="ios64-xcrun"
-        CC=clang
-    ;;
-    iossimulator-xcrun)
-        TRIBLE="x86_64-darwin-ios"
-        OPTIONS="--static -static -Os -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fPIC -Wno-macro-redefined"
-        DESTDIR="/tmp/$BUILD_DIR/x86_64-iossim"
-        SSL_TARGET="iossimulator-xcrun"
-        CC=clang
-    ;;
-    esac
-
-    rm -rf $DESTDIR
-    build_the_thing
-    popd
-    echo WORK_DIR=$WORK_DIR
-    rm -rf out/openssl/ios/$build_target/
-    mkdir -p out/openssl/ios/$build_target/usr/local/include/
-    mkdir -p out/openssl/ios/$build_target/usr/local/lib/
-    cp -R $WORK_DIR/include/* out/openssl/ios/$build_target/usr/local/include/
-    cp $WORK_DIR/*.a out/openssl/ios/$build_target/usr/local/lib/
-done
-
-echo Success