diff --git a/kotlin-native/backend.native/tests/build.gradle b/kotlin-native/backend.native/tests/build.gradle
index 617d0d5e06b..702dd4c09f2 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/backend.native/tests/build.gradle
+++ b/kotlin-native/backend.native/tests/build.gradle
@@ -4221,7 +4221,7 @@ if (PlatformInfo.isAppleTarget(project)) {
                 // Enable ARC optimizations to prevent some objects from leaking in Obj-C code due to exceptions:
                 args '-O2'
             }
-            if (project.target instanceof KonanTarget.IOS_X64) {
+            if (UtilsKt.isSimulatorTarget(project, project.target)) {
                 UtilsKt.codesign(project, "$buildDir/libobjcsmoke.dylib")
             }
 
@@ -4247,7 +4247,7 @@ if (PlatformInfo.isAppleTarget(project)) {
                 // Enable ARC optimizations to prevent some objects from leaking in Obj-C code due to exceptions:
                 args '-O2'
             }
-            if (project.target instanceof KonanTarget.IOS_X64) {
+            if (UtilsKt.isSimulatorTarget(project, project.target)) {
                 UtilsKt.codesign(project, "$buildDir/libobjctests.dylib")
             }
         }
@@ -4265,7 +4265,7 @@ if (PlatformInfo.isAppleTarget(project)) {
                 args "-lobjc", '-fobjc-arc'
                 args '-fPIC', '-shared', '-o', "$buildDir/libobjcmisc.dylib"
             }
-            if (project.target instanceof KonanTarget.IOS_X64) {
+            if (UtilsKt.isSimulatorTarget(project, project.target)) {
                 UtilsKt.codesign(project, "$buildDir/libobjcmisc.dylib")
             }
         }
@@ -4282,7 +4282,7 @@ if (PlatformInfo.isAppleTarget(project)) {
                 args "-lobjc", '-fobjc-arc'
                 args '-fPIC', '-shared', '-o', "$buildDir/libobjcmessaging.dylib"
             }
-            if (project.target instanceof KonanTarget.IOS_X64) {
+            if (UtilsKt.isSimulatorTarget(project, project.target)) {
                 UtilsKt.codesign(project, "$buildDir/libobjcmessaging.dylib")
             }
         }
@@ -4300,7 +4300,7 @@ if (PlatformInfo.isAppleTarget(project)) {
                 args "-lobjc", '-fobjc-arc'
                 args '-fPIC', '-shared', '-o', "$buildDir/libobjcexception.dylib"
             }
-            if (project.target instanceof KonanTarget.IOS_X64) {
+            if (UtilsKt.isSimulatorTarget(project, project.target)) {
                 UtilsKt.codesign(project, "$buildDir/libobjcexception.dylib")
             }
         }
@@ -4319,7 +4319,7 @@ if (PlatformInfo.isAppleTarget(project)) {
                 args "-lobjc", '-fobjc-arc'
                 args '-fPIC', '-shared', '-o', "$buildDir/libobjcexception.dylib"
             }
-            if (project.target instanceof KonanTarget.IOS_X64) {
+            if (UtilsKt.isSimulatorTarget(project, project.target)) {
                 UtilsKt.codesign(project, "$buildDir/libobjcexception.dylib")
             }
         }
@@ -4338,7 +4338,7 @@ if (PlatformInfo.isAppleTarget(project)) {
                 args "-lobjc", '-fobjc-arc'
                 args '-fPIC', '-shared', '-o', "$buildDir/libobjcexception.dylib"
             }
-            if (project.target instanceof KonanTarget.IOS_X64) {
+            if (UtilsKt.isSimulatorTarget(project, project.target)) {
                 UtilsKt.codesign(project, "$buildDir/libobjcexception.dylib")
             }
         }
@@ -4377,7 +4377,7 @@ if (PlatformInfo.isAppleTarget(project)) {
                 args "-lobjc", '-fobjc-arc'
                 args '-fPIC', '-shared', '-o', "$buildDir/libobjc_kt42172.dylib"
             }
-            if (project.target instanceof KonanTarget.IOS_X64) {
+            if (UtilsKt.isSimulatorTarget(project, project.target)) {
                 UtilsKt.codesign(project, "$buildDir/libobjc_kt42172.dylib")
             }
         }
diff --git a/kotlin-native/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/Utils.kt b/kotlin-native/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/Utils.kt
index 5952c5ce13e..684d8af514b 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/Utils.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/Utils.kt
@@ -158,6 +158,12 @@ fun codesign(project: Project, path: String) {
     }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Check that [target] is Apple simulator
+ */
+fun isSimulatorTarget(project: Project, target: KonanTarget): Boolean =
+    project.platformManager.platform(target).targetTriple.isSimulator
+
 /**
  * Creates a list of file paths to be compiled from the given [compile] list with regard to [exclude] list.
  */