diff --git a/config/ios/SystemProjectConfig.h b/config/ios/SystemProjectConfig.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..06d9baaee59492
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/ios/SystemProjectConfig.h
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ *
+ *    Copyright (c) 2021 Project CHIP Authors
+ *
+ *    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *    You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *    limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ *    @file
+ *      chip::System project configuration for standalone builds on iOS
+ *
+ */
+#ifndef SYSTEMPROJECTCONFIG_H
+#define SYSTEMPROJECTCONFIG_H
+
+#endif /* SYSTEMPROJECTCONFIG_H */
diff --git a/src/darwin/CHIPTool/CHIPTool.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/src/darwin/CHIPTool/CHIPTool.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 946852cb2076a5..ec119db4bb5ebf 100644
--- a/src/darwin/CHIPTool/CHIPTool.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/src/darwin/CHIPTool/CHIPTool.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@
 				GCC_NO_COMMON_BLOCKS = YES;
 				GCC_OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL = 0;
 				GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS = (
-					HAVE_CONFIG_H,
+					CHIP_HAVE_CONFIG_H,
 					"DEBUG=1",
 					"$(inherited)",
 				);
@@ -536,7 +536,10 @@
 				ENABLE_STRICT_OBJC_MSGSEND = YES;
 				GCC_C_LANGUAGE_STANDARD = gnu11;
 				GCC_NO_COMMON_BLOCKS = YES;
-				GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS = HAVE_CONFIG_H;
+				GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS = (
+					CHIP_HAVE_CONFIG_H,
+					"$(inherited)",
+				);
 				GCC_WARN_64_TO_32_BIT_CONVERSION = YES;
 				GCC_WARN_ABOUT_RETURN_TYPE = YES_ERROR;
 				GCC_WARN_UNDECLARED_SELECTOR = YES;
diff --git a/src/darwin/Framework/CHIP.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/src/darwin/Framework/CHIP.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index db9a78c3d7dc4f..4f66ee17dc13f5 100644
--- a/src/darwin/Framework/CHIP.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/src/darwin/Framework/CHIP.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -624,19 +624,7 @@
 				DYLIB_CURRENT_VERSION = 1;
 				DYLIB_INSTALL_NAME_BASE = "@rpath";
 				GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS = (
-					"CHIP_PROJECT_CONFIG_INCLUDE=<CHIPProjectConfig.h>",
-					"CHIP_PLATFORM_CONFIG_INCLUDE=<platform/Darwin/CHIPPlatformConfig.h>",
-					"CHIP_DEVICE_PLATFORM_CONFIG_INCLUDE=<platform/Darwin/CHIPDevicePlatformConfig.h>",
-					CONFIG_NETWORK_LAYER_INET,
-					CONFIG_NETWORK_LAYER_BLE,
-					"CHIP_DEVICE_LAYER_TARGET=Darwin",
-					"CHIP_DEVICE_LAYER_TARGET_DARWIN=1",
-					"CHIP_DEVICE_LAYER_TARGET_LINUX=0",
-					"CHIP_DEVICE_LAYER_TARGET_NRF5=0",
-					"CHIP_DEVICE_LAYER_TARGET_EFR32=0",
-					"CHIP_SYSTEM_CONFIG_USE_SOCKETS=1",
-					"CHIP_SYSTEM_CONFIG_POSIX_LOCKING=0",
-					"CHIP_SYSTEM_CONFIG_NO_LOCKING=1",
+					CHIP_HAVE_CONFIG_H,
 					"$(inherited)",
 				);
 				HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS = (
@@ -769,19 +757,7 @@
 				DYLIB_CURRENT_VERSION = 1;
 				DYLIB_INSTALL_NAME_BASE = "@rpath";
 				GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS = (
-					"CHIP_PROJECT_CONFIG_INCLUDE=<CHIPProjectConfig.h>",
-					"CHIP_PLATFORM_CONFIG_INCLUDE=<platform/Darwin/CHIPPlatformConfig.h>",
-					"CHIP_DEVICE_PLATFORM_CONFIG_INCLUDE=<platform/Darwin/CHIPDevicePlatformConfig.h>",
-					CONFIG_NETWORK_LAYER_INET,
-					CONFIG_NETWORK_LAYER_BLE,
-					"CHIP_DEVICE_LAYER_TARGET=Darwin",
-					"CHIP_DEVICE_LAYER_TARGET_DARWIN=1",
-					"CHIP_DEVICE_LAYER_TARGET_LINUX=0",
-					"CHIP_DEVICE_LAYER_TARGET_NRF5=0",
-					"CHIP_DEVICE_LAYER_TARGET_EFR32=0",
-					"CHIP_SYSTEM_CONFIG_USE_SOCKETS=1",
-					"CHIP_SYSTEM_CONFIG_POSIX_LOCKING=0",
-					"CHIP_SYSTEM_CONFIG_NO_LOCKING=1",
+					CHIP_HAVE_CONFIG_H,
 					"$(inherited)",
 				);
 				HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS = (
diff --git a/src/darwin/Framework/chip_xcode_build_connector.sh b/src/darwin/Framework/chip_xcode_build_connector.sh
index 514443fd605d4a..0b5d884f7fae33 100755
--- a/src/darwin/Framework/chip_xcode_build_connector.sh
+++ b/src/darwin/Framework/chip_xcode_build_connector.sh
@@ -52,19 +52,7 @@ for define in "${defines[@]}"; do
 
     # skip over those that GN does for us
     case "$define" in
-        CHIP_DEVICE_LAYER*)
-            continue
-            ;;
-        CHIP_*_CONFIG_INCLUDE)
-            continue
-            ;;
-        CHIP_SYSTEM_CONFIG_*)
-            continue
-            ;;
-        CONFIG_NETWORK_LAYER*)
-            continue
-            ;;
-        CHIP_CRYPTO_*)
+        CHIP_HAVE_CONFIG_H)
             continue
             ;;
     esac
@@ -108,10 +96,6 @@ declare -a args=(
     'chip_crypto="mbedtls"'
     'chip_build_tools=false'
     'chip_build_tests=false'
-    'chip_ble_project_config_include=""'
-    'chip_device_project_config_include=""'
-    'chip_inet_project_config_include=""'
-    'chip_system_project_config_include=""'
     'target_cpu="'"$target_cpu"'"'
     'target_defines='"$target_defines"
     'target_cflags=['"$target_cflags"']'
@@ -129,8 +113,6 @@ declare -a args=(
 [[ $PLATFORM_FAMILY_NAME == macOS ]] && {
     args+=(
         'target_os="mac"'
-        'import("//config/standalone/args.gni")'
-        'chip_project_config_include_dirs=["'"$CHIP_ROOT"'/config/standalone"]'
     )
 }