diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 34665bf9e709e..dd279d943b428 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -318,6 +318,9 @@ embedded_watcher = ["bevy_internal/embedded_watcher"]
 # Enable stepping-based debugging of Bevy systems
 bevy_debug_stepping = ["bevy_internal/bevy_debug_stepping"]
 
+# Enable support for the ios_simulator by downgrading some rendering capabilities
+ios_simulator = ["bevy_internal/ios_simulator"]
+
 [dependencies]
 bevy_dylib = { path = "crates/bevy_dylib", version = "0.14.0-dev", default-features = false, optional = true }
 bevy_internal = { path = "crates/bevy_internal", version = "0.14.0-dev", default-features = false }
diff --git a/crates/bevy_internal/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_internal/Cargo.toml
index 9396eca5d4e20..da98324894453 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_internal/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_internal/Cargo.toml
@@ -163,6 +163,9 @@ bevy_debug_stepping = [
   "bevy_app/bevy_debug_stepping",
 ]
 
+# Enable support for the ios_simulator by downgrading some rendering capabilities
+ios_simulator = ["bevy_pbr?/ios_simulator", "bevy_render?/ios_simulator"]
+
 [dependencies]
 # bevy
 bevy_a11y = { path = "../bevy_a11y", version = "0.14.0-dev" }
diff --git a/docs/cargo_features.md b/docs/cargo_features.md
index fa3f20d0ad191..e82d98adf8a77 100644
--- a/docs/cargo_features.md
+++ b/docs/cargo_features.md
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ The default feature set enables most of the expected features of a game engine,
 |file_watcher|Enables watching the filesystem for Bevy Asset hot-reloading|
 |flac|FLAC audio format support|
 |glam_assert|Enable assertions to check the validity of parameters passed to glam|
+|ios_simulator|Enable support for the ios_simulator by downgrading some rendering capabilities|
 |jpeg|JPEG image format support|
 |minimp3|MP3 audio format support (through minimp3)|
 |mp3|MP3 audio format support|
diff --git a/examples/mobile/.cargo/config.toml b/examples/mobile/.cargo/config.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 27767cc6e1561..0000000000000
--- a/examples/mobile/.cargo/config.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# Flag to notify the compiler we're building for the iOS simulator from an Apple silicon mac
-# This needs some workarounds for now
-# See https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/pull/10178 - remove if it's not needed anymore.
-[target.aarch64-apple-ios-sim]
-features = ["bevy_render/ios_simulator"]
diff --git a/examples/mobile/Cargo.toml b/examples/mobile/Cargo.toml
index 194970d0728c9..e1e768a2fcc75 100644
--- a/examples/mobile/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/mobile/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ crate-type = ["staticlib", "cdylib"]
 [dependencies]
 bevy = { path = "../../" }
 
+[target.aarch64-apple-ios-sim.dependencies]
+bevy = { path = "../../", features = ["ios_simulator"] }
+
 [package.metadata.android]
 package = "org.bevyengine.example"
 apk_name = "bevyexample"