diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-ios-sim.yml b/.github/workflows/build-ios-sim.yml
index f5a934be9..6bd3718b1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-ios-sim.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-ios-sim.yml
@@ -125,11 +125,23 @@ jobs:
             rm reown_flutter.tar.gz
           popd
 
-      - name: Clone BitBox Flutter
+      - name: Clone BitBox Flutter (iOS — skip Android bindings)
         run: |
+          # Pubspec has bitbox_flutter as a path: dep at scripts/bitbox_flutter,
+          # so the directory must exist for pub get. The bundled build_bindings.sh
+          # runs `gomobile bind -target=android` which needs the Android SDK we
+          # don't have on the Mac runner — and the resulting .aar is Android-only.
+          # iOS uses bitbox_flutter's native ios/Classes plugin, no .aar required.
           set -x -e
           pushd scripts
-            ./build_bitbox_flutter.sh
+            if [[ ! -d bitbox_flutter ]]; then
+              git clone https://github.com/konstantinullrich/bitbox_flutter
+            fi
+            cd bitbox_flutter
+            git fetch -a
+            git reset --hard
+            git checkout 5a6e6dd388ef64003f86094af80d5453518b601d
+            git reset --hard
           popd
 
       # ---- Native crypto cores (monero_c prebuilt bundle) ------------------
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-ios-testflight.yml b/.github/workflows/build-ios-testflight.yml
index 27e818cdd..f24926530 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-ios-testflight.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-ios-testflight.yml
@@ -127,11 +127,20 @@ jobs:
             rm reown_flutter.tar.gz
           popd
 
-      - name: Clone BitBox Flutter
+      - name: Clone BitBox Flutter (iOS — skip Android bindings)
         run: |
+          # See note in build-ios-sim.yml — iOS uses bitbox's native plugin,
+          # not the .aar that build_bindings.sh generates.
           set -x -e
           pushd scripts
-            ./build_bitbox_flutter.sh
+            if [[ ! -d bitbox_flutter ]]; then
+              git clone https://github.com/konstantinullrich/bitbox_flutter
+            fi
+            cd bitbox_flutter
+            git fetch -a
+            git reset --hard
+            git checkout 5a6e6dd388ef64003f86094af80d5453518b601d
+            git reset --hard
           popd
 
       - name: Fetch prebuilt monero_c bundle