diff --git a/buildozer/targets/ios.py b/buildozer/targets/ios.py
index 663b1196b..b26d9a208 100644
--- a/buildozer/targets/ios.py
+++ b/buildozer/targets/ios.py
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ def check_requirements(self):
         checkbin('Xcode xcodebuild', 'xcodebuild')
         checkbin('Xcode xcode-select', 'xcode-select')
         checkbin('Git git', 'git')
-        checkbin('Cython', 'cython')
         checkbin('Mercurial', 'hg')
         checkbin('Cython cython', 'cython')
         checkbin('pkg-config', 'pkg-config')