diff --git a/tools/platforms/IOSPlatform.hx b/tools/platforms/IOSPlatform.hx
index bc4c31095..94bc43f6f 100644
--- a/tools/platforms/IOSPlatform.hx
+++ b/tools/platforms/IOSPlatform.hx
@@ -331,23 +331,6 @@ class IOSPlatform extends PlatformTarget
 		context.IOS_COMPILER = project.config.getString("ios.compiler", "clang");
 		context.CPP_BUILD_LIBRARY = project.config.getString("cpp.buildLibrary", "hxcpp");
 
-		var json = Json.parse(File.getContent(Haxelib.getPath(new Haxelib("hxcpp"), true) + "/haxelib.json"));
-
-		var version = Std.string(json.version);
-		var versionSplit = version.split(".");
-
-		while (versionSplit.length > 2)
-			versionSplit.pop();
-
-		if (Std.parseFloat(versionSplit.join(".")) > 3.1)
-		{
-			context.CPP_LIBPREFIX = "lib";
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			context.CPP_LIBPREFIX = "";
-		}
-
 		context.IOS_LINKER_FLAGS = ["-stdlib=libc++"].concat(project.config.getArrayString("ios.linker-flags"));
 		context.IOS_NON_EXEMPT_ENCRYPTION = project.config.getBool("ios.non-exempt-encryption", false);
 
diff --git a/tools/platforms/TVOSPlatform.hx b/tools/platforms/TVOSPlatform.hx
index 76714971c..567750639 100644
--- a/tools/platforms/TVOSPlatform.hx
+++ b/tools/platforms/TVOSPlatform.hx
@@ -262,23 +262,6 @@ class TVOSPlatform extends PlatformTarget
 		context.IOS_COMPILER = project.config.getString("tvos.compiler", "clang");
 		context.CPP_BUILD_LIBRARY = project.config.getString("cpp.buildLibrary", "hxcpp");
 
-		var json = Json.parse(File.getContent(Haxelib.getPath(new Haxelib("hxcpp"), true) + "/haxelib.json"));
-
-		var version = Std.string(json.version);
-		var versionSplit = version.split(".");
-
-		while (versionSplit.length > 2)
-			versionSplit.pop();
-
-		if (Std.parseFloat(versionSplit.join(".")) > 3.1)
-		{
-			context.CPP_LIBPREFIX = "lib";
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			context.CPP_LIBPREFIX = "";
-		}
-
 		context.IOS_LINKER_FLAGS = ["-stdlib=libc++"].concat(project.config.getArrayString("tvos.linker-flags"));
 		context.IOS_NON_EXEMPT_ENCRYPTION = project.config.getBool("tvos.non-exempt-encryption", true);