diff --git a/lime/project/HXProject.hx b/lime/project/HXProject.hx
index 14a944ae8..d8049329a 100644
--- a/lime/project/HXProject.hx
+++ b/lime/project/HXProject.hx
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ class HXProject {
 				
 				if (target == Platform.IOS) {
 					
-					architectures = [ Architecture.ARMV7, Architecture.ARM64 ];
+					architectures = [ Architecture.ARM64 ];
 					
 				} else if (target == Platform.ANDROID) {
 					
diff --git a/lime/tools/platforms/IOSPlatform.hx b/lime/tools/platforms/IOSPlatform.hx
index 338a67388..677b892de 100644
--- a/lime/tools/platforms/IOSPlatform.hx
+++ b/lime/tools/platforms/IOSPlatform.hx
@@ -200,6 +200,12 @@ class IOSPlatform extends PlatformTarget {
 			
 		}
 		
+		if (project.config.getFloat ("ios.deployment", 8) < 7) {
+			
+			ArrayHelper.addUnique (architectures, Architecture.ARMV7);
+			
+		}
+		
 		for (architecture in project.architectures) {
 			
 			switch (architecture) {