diff --git a/lime/tools/platforms/IOSPlatform.hx b/lime/tools/platforms/IOSPlatform.hx
index 30c3bfe18..0b7626142 100644
--- a/lime/tools/platforms/IOSPlatform.hx
+++ b/lime/tools/platforms/IOSPlatform.hx
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ class IOSPlatform extends PlatformTarget {
 		
 		if (project.config.getString ("ios.device", "universal") == "universal" || project.config.getString ("ios.device") == "iphone") {
 			
-			if (project.config.getFloat ("ios.deployment", 5.1) < 5) {
+			if (project.config.getFloat ("ios.deployment", 8) < 5) {
 				
 				ArrayHelper.addUnique (architectures, Architecture.ARMV6);
 				
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ class IOSPlatform extends PlatformTarget {
 		context.ARMV7S = armv7s;
 		context.ARM64 = arm64;
 		context.TARGET_DEVICES = switch (project.config.getString ("ios.device", "universal")) { case "iphone": "1"; case "ipad": "2"; default: "1,2";  }
-		context.DEPLOYMENT = project.config.getString ("ios.deployment", "5.1.1");
+		context.DEPLOYMENT = project.config.getString ("ios.deployment", "8.0");
 		
 		if (project.config.getString ("ios.compiler") == "llvm" || project.config.getString ("ios.compiler", "clang") == "clang") {
 			
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ class IOSPlatform extends PlatformTarget {
 			
 		}
 
-		//context.ENABLE_BITCODE = (project.config.getFloat ("ios.deployment", 5.1) >= 6);
+		//context.ENABLE_BITCODE = (project.config.getFloat ("ios.deployment", 8) >= 6);
 		context.ENABLE_BITCODE = project.config.getBool ("ios.enable-bitcode", false);
 		context.IOS_COMPILER = project.config.getString ("ios.compiler", "clang");
 		context.CPP_BUILD_LIBRARY = project.config.getString ("cpp.buildLibrary", "hxcpp");