diff --git a/ios/Messenger.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/ios/Messenger.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 32d1c3da15..664e54be92 100644
--- a/ios/Messenger.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/ios/Messenger.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 		832341BD1AAA6AB300B99B32 /* libRCTText.a in Frameworks */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 832341B51AAA6A8300B99B32 /* libRCTText.a */; };
 		E343FE8E1C96F54100C01DB5 /* libRNI18n.a in Frameworks */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = E343FE8B1C96F4E200C01DB5 /* libRNI18n.a */; };
 		E343FE8F1C96F54A00C01DB5 /* libRCTContacts.a in Frameworks */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = E343FE841C96F4DA00C01DB5 /* libRCTContacts.a */; };
+		E343FE911C971D4200C01DB5 /* Geth.framework in Frameworks */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = E343FE901C971D4200C01DB5 /* Geth.framework */; };
 /* End PBXBuildFile section */
 
 /* Begin PBXContainerItemProxy section */
@@ -151,6 +152,7 @@
 		832341B01AAA6A8300B99B32 /* RCTText.xcodeproj */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = "wrapper.pb-project"; name = RCTText.xcodeproj; path = "../node_modules/react-native/Libraries/Text/RCTText.xcodeproj"; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		E343FE7F1C96F4DA00C01DB5 /* RCTContacts.xcodeproj */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = "wrapper.pb-project"; name = RCTContacts.xcodeproj; path = "../node_modules/react-native-contacts/ios/RCTContacts.xcodeproj"; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		E343FE851C96F4E200C01DB5 /* RNI18n.xcodeproj */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = "wrapper.pb-project"; name = RNI18n.xcodeproj; path = "../node_modules/react-native-i18n/RNI18n.xcodeproj"; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		E343FE901C971D4200C01DB5 /* Geth.framework */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = wrapper.framework; name = Geth.framework; path = target/Frameworks/Geth.framework; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 /* End PBXFileReference section */
 
 /* Begin PBXFrameworksBuildPhase section */
@@ -165,6 +167,7 @@
 			isa = PBXFrameworksBuildPhase;
 			buildActionMask = 2147483647;
 			files = (
+				E343FE911C971D4200C01DB5 /* Geth.framework in Frameworks */,
 				146834051AC3E58100842450 /* libReact.a in Frameworks */,
 				00C302E51ABCBA2D00DB3ED1 /* libRCTActionSheet.a in Frameworks */,
 				E343FE8F1C96F54A00C01DB5 /* libRCTContacts.a in Frameworks */,
@@ -316,6 +319,7 @@
 		83CBB9F61A601CBA00E9B192 = {
 			isa = PBXGroup;
 			children = (
+				E343FE921C971D5400C01DB5 /* Frameworks */,
 				13B07FAE1A68108700A75B9A /* Messenger */,
 				832341AE1AAA6A7D00B99B32 /* Libraries */,
 				00E356EF1AD99517003FC87E /* MessengerTests */,
@@ -351,6 +355,14 @@
 			name = Products;
 			sourceTree = "<group>";
 		};
+		E343FE921C971D5400C01DB5 /* Frameworks */ = {
+			isa = PBXGroup;
+			children = (
+				E343FE901C971D4200C01DB5 /* Geth.framework */,
+			);
+			name = Frameworks;
+			sourceTree = "<group>";
+		};
 /* End PBXGroup section */
 
 /* Begin PBXNativeTarget section */
@@ -689,6 +701,10 @@
 			buildSettings = {
 				ASSETCATALOG_COMPILER_APPICON_NAME = AppIcon;
 				DEAD_CODE_STRIPPING = NO;
+				FRAMEWORK_SEARCH_PATHS = (
+					"$(inherited)",
+					"$(PROJECT_DIR)/target/Frameworks",
+				);
 				HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS = (
 					"$(inherited)",
 					/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/include,
@@ -706,6 +722,10 @@
 			isa = XCBuildConfiguration;
 			buildSettings = {
 				ASSETCATALOG_COMPILER_APPICON_NAME = AppIcon;
+				FRAMEWORK_SEARCH_PATHS = (
+					"$(inherited)",
+					"$(PROJECT_DIR)/target/Frameworks",
+				);
 				HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS = (
 					"$(inherited)",
 					/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/include,
diff --git a/ios/pom.xml b/ios/pom.xml
index 9e617bd47a..f21a0251ac 100644
--- a/ios/pom.xml
+++ b/ios/pom.xml
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@
   <groupId>org.reactjs.native.example</groupId>
   <artifactId>Messenger</artifactId>
   <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <packaging>xcode-lib</packaging>
-
-  <properties>
-    <xcode.sourceDirectory>.</xcode.sourceDirectory>
-  </properties>
 
   <repositories>
     <repository>
@@ -19,27 +14,25 @@
     </repository>
  </repositories>
 
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>syng-im</groupId>
-      <artifactId>ios-geth</artifactId>
-      <version>1.4.0-201603140656-92d65cf</version>
-      <type>xcode-framework</type>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
-
   <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <!-- requires Maven 3.0, 3.1+ fails -->
-        <groupId>com.sap.prd.mobile.ios.mios</groupId>
-        <artifactId>xcode-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.14.2</version>
-        <extensions>true</extensions>
-        <configuration>
-          
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
+     <plugins>
+       <plugin>
+         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+         <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+         <version>2.10</version>
+         <configuration>
+           <artifactItems>
+             <artifactItem>
+               <groupId>syng-im</groupId>
+               <artifactId>ios-geth</artifactId>
+               <version>1.4.0-201603140656-92d65cf</version>
+               <type>zip</type>
+               <overWrite>true</overWrite>
+               <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/Frameworks</outputDirectory>
+             </artifactItem>
+           </artifactItems>
+         </configuration>
+       </plugin>
+     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
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