diff --git a/lib/services/ios-project-service.ts b/lib/services/ios-project-service.ts
index 1351279da4..048adffd8b 100644
--- a/lib/services/ios-project-service.ts
+++ b/lib/services/ios-project-service.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ const getPlatformSdkName = (forDevice: boolean): string => forDevice ? DevicePla
 const getConfigurationName = (release: boolean): string => release ? Configurations.Release : Configurations.Debug;
 
 export class IOSProjectService extends projectServiceBaseLib.PlatformProjectServiceBase implements IPlatformProjectService {
-	private static XCODEBUILD_MIN_VERSION = "6.0";
 	private static IOS_PROJECT_NAME_PLACEHOLDER = "__PROJECT_NAME__";
 	private static IOS_PLATFORM_NAME = "ios";
 
@@ -145,11 +144,6 @@ export class IOSProjectService extends projectServiceBaseLib.PlatformProjectServ
 			notConfiguredEnvOptions
 		});
 
-		const xcodeBuildVersion = await this.getXcodeVersion();
-		if (helpers.versionCompare(xcodeBuildVersion, IOSProjectService.XCODEBUILD_MIN_VERSION) < 0) {
-			this.$errors.fail("NativeScript can only run in Xcode version %s or greater", IOSProjectService.XCODEBUILD_MIN_VERSION);
-		}
-
 		return {
 			checkEnvironmentRequirementsOutput
 		};
@@ -354,13 +348,6 @@ export class IOSProjectService extends projectServiceBaseLib.PlatformProjectServ
 			basicArgs.push("-xcconfig", path.join(projectRoot, projectData.projectName, BUILD_XCCONFIG_FILE_NAME));
 		}
 
-		// if (this.$logger.getLevel() === "INFO") {
-		// 	let xcodeBuildVersion = this.getXcodeVersion();
-		// 	if (helpers.versionCompare(xcodeBuildVersion, "8.0") >= 0) {
-		// 		basicArgs.push("-quiet");
-		// 	}
-		// }
-
 		const handler = (data: any) => {
 			this.emit(constants.BUILD_OUTPUT_EVENT_NAME, data);
 		};
@@ -1238,7 +1225,7 @@ We will now place an empty obsolete compatability white screen LauncScreen.xib f
 		let xcodeBuildVersion = "";
 
 		try {
-			xcodeBuildVersion = await this.$childProcess.exec("xcodebuild -version | head -n 1 | sed -e 's/Xcode //'");
+			xcodeBuildVersion = await this.$sysInfo.getXcodeVersion();
 		} catch (error) {
 			this.$errors.fail("xcodebuild execution failed. Make sure that you have latest Xcode and tools installed.");
 		}
diff --git a/test/ios-project-service.ts b/test/ios-project-service.ts
index e26147332f..fa21cb2880 100644
--- a/test/ios-project-service.ts
+++ b/test/ios-project-service.ts
@@ -118,7 +118,9 @@ function createTestInjector(projectPath: string, projectName: string, xcode?: IX
 	testInjector.register("pluginsService", PluginsService);
 	testInjector.register("androidProcessService", {});
 	testInjector.register("processService", {});
-	testInjector.register("sysInfo", {});
+	testInjector.register("sysInfo", {
+		getXcodeVersion: async () => ""
+	});
 	testInjector.register("pbxprojDomXcode", {});
 	testInjector.register("xcode", xcode || {
 		project: class {