diff --git a/cli/src/ios/update.ts b/cli/src/ios/update.ts
index e8d0e773c6..eb33e441f6 100644
--- a/cli/src/ios/update.ts
+++ b/cli/src/ios/update.ts
@@ -207,14 +207,15 @@ async function generateCordovaPodspec(cordovaPlugins: Plugin[], config: Config,
       }
     });
   });
+  const onlySystemLibraries = systemLibraries.filter(library => removeNoSystem(library, sourceFrameworks));
   if (weakFrameworks.length > 0) {
     frameworkDeps.push(`s.weak_frameworks = '${weakFrameworks.join(`', '`)}'`);
   }
   if (linkedFrameworks.length > 0) {
     frameworkDeps.push(`s.frameworks = '${linkedFrameworks.join(`', '`)}'`);
   }
-  if (systemLibraries.length > 0) {
-    frameworkDeps.push(`s.libraries = '${systemLibraries.join(`', '`)}'`);
+  if (onlySystemLibraries.length > 0) {
+    frameworkDeps.push(`s.libraries = '${onlySystemLibraries.join(`', '`)}'`);
   }
   if (customFrameworks.length > 0) {
     frameworkDeps.push(`s.vendored_frameworks = '${customFrameworks.join(`', '`)}'`);
@@ -340,6 +341,11 @@ function filterARCFiles(plugin: Plugin) {
   return sourcesARC.length > 0;
 }
 
+function removeNoSystem(library: string, sourceFrameworks: Array<string>) {
+  const libraries = sourceFrameworks.filter(framework => framework.includes(library));
+  return libraries.length === 0;
+}
+
 async function getPluginsTask(config: Config) {
   return await runTask('Updating iOS plugins', async () => {
     const allPlugins = await getPlugins(config);