diff --git a/local-cli/generator-ios/templates/xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/local-cli/generator-ios/templates/xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index ebd2ed82fc2806..f3955bb8798754 100644
--- a/local-cli/generator-ios/templates/xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/local-cli/generator-ios/templates/xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -595,6 +595,7 @@
 			isa = XCBuildConfiguration;
 			buildSettings = {
 				ASSETCATALOG_COMPILER_APPICON_NAME = AppIcon;
+				DEAD_CODE_STRIPPING = NO;
 				HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS = (
 					"$(inherited)",
 					/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/include,