diff --git a/pkg/apple/RetroArch_iOS13.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/pkg/apple/RetroArch_iOS13.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 01e4ea7b9b..e343128e52 100644
--- a/pkg/apple/RetroArch_iOS13.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/pkg/apple/RetroArch_iOS13.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -2074,7 +2074,6 @@
 				MTL_ENABLE_DEBUG_INFO = INCLUDE_SOURCE;
 				MTL_FAST_MATH = YES;
 				OTHER_CFLAGS = (
-					"-DDONT_WANT_ARM_OPTIMIZATIONS",
 					"-DGLES_SILENCE_DEPRECATION",
 					"-DGLSLANG_OSINCLUDE_UNIX",
 					"-DHAVE_7ZIP",
@@ -2115,6 +2114,7 @@
 					"-DHAVE_METAL",
 					"-DHAVE_MFI",
 					"-DHAVE_MINIUPNPC",
+					"-DHAVE_NEON",
 					"-DHAVE_NETPLAYDISCOVERY",
 					"-DHAVE_NETPLAYDISCOVERY_NSNET",
 					"-DHAVE_NETWORKGAMEPAD",
@@ -2160,6 +2160,7 @@
 					"-DWANT_GLSLANG",
 					"-D_7ZIP_ST",
 					"-D_LZMA_UINT32_IS_ULONG",
+					"-D__ARM_NEON__",
 					"-D__LIBRETRO__",
 				);
 				"OTHER_LDFLAGS[arch=*]" = "-Wl,-segalign,4000";
@@ -2206,7 +2207,7 @@
 				ENABLE_NS_ASSERTIONS = NO;
 				GCC_C_LANGUAGE_STANDARD = gnu99;
 				GCC_NO_COMMON_BLOCKS = YES;
-				GCC_OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL = 2;
+				GCC_OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL = 3;
 				GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS = (
 					NDEBUG,
 					"NS_BLOCK_ASSERTIONS=1",
@@ -2230,7 +2231,6 @@
 				MTL_FAST_MATH = YES;
 				MTL_IGNORE_WARNINGS = YES;
 				OTHER_CFLAGS = (
-					"-DDONT_WANT_ARM_OPTIMIZATIONS",
 					"-DGLES_SILENCE_DEPRECATION",
 					"-DGLSLANG_OSINCLUDE_UNIX",
 					"-DHAVE_7ZIP",
@@ -2271,6 +2271,7 @@
 					"-DHAVE_METAL",
 					"-DHAVE_MFI",
 					"-DHAVE_MINIUPNPC",
+					"-DHAVE_NEON",
 					"-DHAVE_NETPLAYDISCOVERY",
 					"-DHAVE_NETPLAYDISCOVERY_NSNET",
 					"-DHAVE_NETWORKGAMEPAD",
@@ -2316,6 +2317,7 @@
 					"-DWANT_GLSLANG",
 					"-D_7ZIP_ST",
 					"-D_LZMA_UINT32_IS_ULONG",
+					"-D__ARM_NEON__",
 					"-D__LIBRETRO__",
 				);
 				"OTHER_LDFLAGS[arch=*]" = "-Wl,-segalign,4000";