diff --git a/ios-xcframework/XCFrameworkScaffold.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/ios-xcframework/XCFrameworkScaffold.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 0675a065f2..f3a7a3987e 100644
--- a/ios-xcframework/XCFrameworkScaffold.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/ios-xcframework/XCFrameworkScaffold.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 		3F12365029F6B23300AF54A4 /* supported-blocks.json in Resources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 3F12364F29F6B23300AF54A4 /* supported-blocks.json */; };
 		3FA0C5812A1C8C9700600A9A /* App.js in Resources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 3FA0C5802A1C8C9700600A9A /* App.js */; };
 		3FC7862B2A53047D00A0DDAF /* hermes.xcframework in Frameworks */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 3FC7862A2A53047D00A0DDAF /* hermes.xcframework */; };
-		3FC7862C2A53047D00A0DDAF /* hermes.xcframework in Embed Frameworks */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 3FC7862A2A53047D00A0DDAF /* hermes.xcframework */; settings = {ATTRIBUTES = (CodeSignOnCopy, RemoveHeadersOnCopy, ); }; };
 		3FE06AC329F3F61300F752AD /* Gutenberg.h in Headers */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 3FE06AC229F3F61300F752AD /* Gutenberg.h */; settings = {ATTRIBUTES = (Public, ); }; };
 		3FE06ACE29F3F6DA00F752AD /* Gutenberg-Debug.xcconfig in Resources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 3FE06AC829F3F6DA00F752AD /* Gutenberg-Debug.xcconfig */; };
 		3FE06ACF29F3F6DA00F752AD /* Gutenberg-Shared.xcconfig in Resources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 3FE06AC929F3F6DA00F752AD /* Gutenberg-Shared.xcconfig */; };
@@ -38,20 +37,6 @@
 		612F325D13E652BF476ED672 /* Pods_Gutenberg.framework in Frameworks */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 432C8665181F3EC336B71D6C /* Pods_Gutenberg.framework */; };
 /* End PBXBuildFile section */
 
-/* Begin PBXCopyFilesBuildPhase section */
-		3FC7862D2A53047D00A0DDAF /* Embed Frameworks */ = {
-			isa = PBXCopyFilesBuildPhase;
-			buildActionMask = 2147483647;
-			dstPath = "";
-			dstSubfolderSpec = 10;
-			files = (
-				3FC7862C2A53047D00A0DDAF /* hermes.xcframework in Embed Frameworks */,
-			);
-			name = "Embed Frameworks";
-			runOnlyForDeploymentPostprocessing = 0;
-		};
-/* End PBXCopyFilesBuildPhase section */
-
 /* Begin PBXFileReference section */
 		3F1235FB29F680F900AF54A4 /* GutenbergBridgeDelegate.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; name = GutenbergBridgeDelegate.swift; path = "../../gutenberg/packages/react-native-bridge/ios/GutenbergBridgeDelegate.swift"; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		3F1235FC29F680F900AF54A4 /* GutenbergBridgeDataSource.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; name = GutenbergBridgeDataSource.swift; path = "../../gutenberg/packages/react-native-bridge/ios/GutenbergBridgeDataSource.swift"; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
@@ -209,7 +194,6 @@
 				3FE06ABC29F3F61300F752AD /* Frameworks */,
 				3FE06ABD29F3F61300F752AD /* Resources */,
 				33E2599260A73CF1DC26925F /* [CP] Copy Pods Resources */,
-				3FC7862D2A53047D00A0DDAF /* Embed Frameworks */,
 			);
 			buildRules = (
 			);
diff --git a/ios-xcframework/build.sh b/ios-xcframework/build.sh
index 393167f436..4403a3316f 100755
--- a/ios-xcframework/build.sh
+++ b/ios-xcframework/build.sh
@@ -56,6 +56,13 @@ function archive {
     SKIP_INSTALL=NO
 }
 
+# Fail early if the expected Hermes XCFramework that should be bundled with React Native cannot be found
+HERMES_XCFRAMEWORK=./Pods/hermes-engine/destroot/Library/Frameworks/universal/hermes.xcframework
+if [ ! -d $HERMES_XCFRAMEWORK ]; then
+  log 'fail' "Could not file required Hermes XCFramework at path: $HERMES_XCFRAMEWORK"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 BUILD_DIR=./build
 DERIVED_DATA_PATH="$BUILD_DIR/derived_data"
 ARCHIVES_ROOT="$BUILD_DIR/archives"
@@ -92,7 +99,7 @@ do
   FRAMEWORK_RELATIVE_PATH="Products/Library/Frameworks/$CURRENT_FRAMEWORK_NAME.framework"
 
   if [[ $CURRENT_FRAMEWORK_NAME = 'hermes' ]]; then
-    log 'no_good' "Skipping creating XCFramework for $CURRENT_FRAMEWORK_NAME"
+    log 'no_good' "Skipping creating XCFramework for $CURRENT_FRAMEWORK_NAME, we'll use the one bundled with React Native"
     continue
   fi
 
@@ -143,6 +150,8 @@ cp -r "$XCFRAMEWORKS_DIR/Gutenberg.xcframework" "$ARCHIVE_FRAMEWORKS_PATH"
 cp -r "$XCFRAMEWORKS_DIR/React.xcframework" "$ARCHIVE_FRAMEWORKS_PATH"
 cp -r "$XCFRAMEWORKS_DIR/RNTAztecView.xcframework" "$ARCHIVE_FRAMEWORKS_PATH"
 cp -r "$XCFRAMEWORKS_DIR/yoga.xcframework" "$ARCHIVE_FRAMEWORKS_PATH"
+# We don't want the Catalyst slice because 1) it's huge and 2) we don't need it at the moment
+rsync -a "$HERMES_XCFRAMEWORK" "$ARCHIVE_FRAMEWORKS_PATH" --exclude '*-maccatalyst'
 
 ARCHIVE_PATH="$XCFRAMEWORKS_DIR/$MAIN_FRAMEWORK_NAME.tar.gz"
 
diff --git a/ios-xcframework/podspec.erb b/ios-xcframework/podspec.erb
index c364ec10f1..0cc9188c42 100644
--- a/ios-xcframework/podspec.erb
+++ b/ios-xcframework/podspec.erb
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
     'Frameworks/Gutenberg.xcframework',
     'Frameworks/React.xcframework',
     'Frameworks/RNTAztecView.xcframework',
-    'Frameworks/yoga.xcframework'
+    'Frameworks/yoga.xcframework',
+    'Frameworks/hermes.xcframework'
   ]
 end