diff --git a/src/darwin/Framework/CHIPTests/MTROTAProviderTests.m b/src/darwin/Framework/CHIPTests/MTROTAProviderTests.m
index 0b84c225c44c28..22f7ff6d5571fe 100644
--- a/src/darwin/Framework/CHIPTests/MTROTAProviderTests.m
+++ b/src/darwin/Framework/CHIPTests/MTROTAProviderTests.m
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@
 // system dependencies
 #import <XCTest/XCTest.h>
 
+#if TARGET_OS_IPHONE || TARGET_OS_SIMULATOR
+#define ENABLE_OTA_TESTS 0
+#else
+#define ENABLE_OTA_TESTS 1
+#endif
+
 // TODO: Disable test005_DoBDXTransferAllowUpdateRequest until PR #26040 is merged.
 // Currently the poll interval causes delays in the BDX transfer and
 // results in the test taking a long time.
@@ -347,6 +353,7 @@ - (instancetype)initWithRawImagePath:(NSString *)rawImagePath
     NSString * imageToolPath = [NSString
         pathWithComponents:@[ [pwd substringToIndex:(pwd.length - @"darwin/Framework".length)], @"app", @"ota_image_tool.py" ]];
 
+#if ENABLE_OTA_TESTS
     NSTask * task = [[NSTask alloc] init];
     [task setLaunchPath:imageToolPath];
     [task setArguments:@[
@@ -358,6 +365,7 @@ - (instancetype)initWithRawImagePath:(NSString *)rawImagePath
     XCTAssertNil(launchError);
     [task waitUntilExit];
     XCTAssertEqual([task terminationStatus], 0);
+#endif
 
     NSData * updateToken = [sOTAProviderDelegate generateUpdateToken];
 
@@ -592,6 +600,8 @@ + (void)shutdownStack
     [[MTRDeviceControllerFactory sharedInstance] stopControllerFactory];
 }
 
+#if ENABLE_OTA_TESTS
+
 - (void)test000_SetUp
 {
     // Nothing to do here; our setUp method handled this already.  This test
@@ -890,4 +900,6 @@ - (void)test999_TearDown
     [[self class] shutdownStack];
 }
 
+#endif
+
 @end