diff --git a/tests/test-libraries/Makefile b/tests/test-libraries/Makefile
index ce7e6c6d5b..38a775d141 100644
--- a/tests/test-libraries/Makefile
+++ b/tests/test-libraries/Makefile
@@ -176,10 +176,10 @@ endef
 # 4: platform name
 # 5: min version
 # 6: os
-$(eval $(call Template,iphonesimulator,IOSSIMULATOR,x86 x86_64,iPhoneSimulator,-mios-simulator-version-min=8.0 -isysroot $(SIMULATOR_SDK)))
+$(eval $(call Template,iphonesimulator,IOSSIMULATOR,x86 x86_64 arm64,iPhoneSimulator,-mios-simulator-version-min=8.0 -isysroot $(SIMULATOR_SDK)))
 $(eval $(call Template,iphoneos,IPHONEOS,armv7 armv7s arm64,iPhoneOS,-miphoneos-version-min=8.0 -isysroot $(DEVICE_SDK)))
 ifdef INCLUDE_TVOS
-$(eval $(call Template,tvsimulator,TVSIMULATOR,x86_64,AppleTVSimulator,-mtvos-simulator-version-min=9.0 -isysroot $(SIMULATORTV_SDK)))
+$(eval $(call Template,tvsimulator,TVSIMULATOR,x86_64 arm64,AppleTVSimulator,-mtvos-simulator-version-min=9.0 -isysroot $(SIMULATORTV_SDK)))
 $(eval $(call Template,tvos,TVOS,arm64,AppleTVOS,-mtvos-version-min=9.0 -fembed-bitcode -isysroot $(DEVICETV_SDK)))
 endif
 ifdef INCLUDE_WATCH
@@ -228,15 +228,15 @@ endif
 define FatFrameworkTemplate
 .libs/$(1)/XStaticObjectTest.framework/XStaticObjectTest: .libs/$(2)/XStaticObjectTest.framework/XStaticObjectTest .libs/$(3)/XStaticObjectTest.framework/XStaticObjectTest | .libs/$(1)
 	$(Q) mkdir -p $$(dir $$@)
-	$(Q) lipo -create -output $$@ $$^
+	$(Q) ./lipo-remove-sim-arm64.sh  $$@ $$^
 
 .libs/$(1)/XStaticArTest.framework/XStaticArTest: .libs/$(2)/XStaticArTest.framework/XStaticArTest .libs/$(3)/XStaticArTest.framework/XStaticArTest | .libs/$(1)
 	$(Q) mkdir -p $$(dir $$@)
-	$(Q) lipo -create -output $$@ $$^
+	$(Q) ./lipo-remove-sim-arm64.sh $$@ $$^
 
 .libs/$(1)/XTest.framework$($(4)_BINARY_INFIX)/XTest: .libs/$(2)/XTest.framework$($(4)_BINARY_INFIX)/XTest .libs/$(3)/XTest.framework$($(4)_BINARY_INFIX)/XTest | .libs/$(1)
 	$(Q) mkdir -p $$(dir $$@)
-	$(Q) lipo -create -output $$@ $$^
+	$(Q) ./lipo-remove-sim-arm64.sh  $$@ $$^
 
 .libs/$(1)/XTest.framework$($(4)_INFO_PLIST_INFIX)/Info.plist: .libs/$(2)/XTest.framework$($(4)_INFO_PLIST_INFIX)/Info.plist .libs/$(3)/XTest.framework$($(4)_INFO_PLIST_INFIX)/Info.plist
 	$(Q) mkdir -p $$(dir $$@)
@@ -248,13 +248,13 @@ endif
 	$(Q) $(CP) $$< $$@
 
 .libs/$(1)/libtest.a: .libs/$(2)/libtest.a .libs/$(3)/libtest.a | .libs/$(1)
-	$(Q) lipo -create -output $$@ $$^
+	$(Q) ./lipo-remove-sim-arm64.sh $$@ $$^
 
 .libs/$(1)/libtest2.a: .libs/$(2)/libtest2.a .libs/$(3)/libtest2.a | .libs/$(1)
-	$(Q) lipo -create -output $$@ $$^
+	$(Q) ./lipo-remove-sim-arm64.sh $$@ $$^
 
 .libs/$(1)/libtest.dylib: .libs/$(2)/libtest.dylib .libs/$(3)/libtest.dylib | .libs/$(1)
-	$(Q) lipo -create -output $$@ $$^
+	$(Q) ./lipo-remove-sim-arm64.sh $$@ $$^
 
 $(3)_TARGETS += \
 	.libs/$(1)/XTest.framework$($(4)_BINARY_INFIX)/XTest \
diff --git a/tests/test-libraries/lipo-remove-sim-arm64.sh b/tests/test-libraries/lipo-remove-sim-arm64.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..e4331378ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-libraries/lipo-remove-sim-arm64.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+# This is a script that wraps lipo, but removes any arm64 slices for any input
+# binaries built for the simulator before running the actual lipo. The problem
+# is that device slices may also contain arm64 slices, and lipo complains if
+# there are more than one slice with the same architecture. The eventual fix
+# is to not use binaries that span more than one platform (ios+iossimulator
+# for instance), but instead use xcframeworks.
+
+OUTPUT="$1"
+shift
+INPUTS=($@)
+TMPFILES=()
+
+function cleanup ()
+{
+	for element in "${TMPFILES[@]}"; do
+		rm -f "$element"
+	done
+}
+trap "cleanup" EXIT
+
+for index in "${!INPUTS[@]}"; do
+	INPUT="${INPUTS[$index]}"
+	#printf "INPUTS[%s]=%s\n" "$index" "${INPUTS[$index]}"
+	if [[ "$INPUT" =~ simulator/ ]]; then
+		TMPFILE=$(mktemp)
+		TMPFILES+=("$TMPFILE")
+		if lipo "$INPUT" -verify_arch arm64; then
+			if test -n "$V"; then echo "Removing ARM64 from $INPUT and writing to $TMPFILE"; fi
+			lipo "$INPUT" -remove arm64 -output "$TMPFILE"
+			INPUTS[$index]="$TMPFILE"
+		else
+			if test -n "$V"; then echo "The file $INPUT does not contain an ARM64 slice"; fi
+		fi
+	fi
+done
+
+lipo -create -output "$OUTPUT" "${INPUTS[@]}"