diff --git a/apple/Package.swift b/apple/Package.swift
deleted file mode 100644
index 94b94ba..0000000
--- a/apple/Package.swift
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-// swift-tools-version:5.9
-import PackageDescription
-
-// Core/UI Swift sources built as a library so the shared logic can be typechecked
-// and unit-tested from the command line (macOS). The iOS/macOS app target in the
-// Xcode project links the same sources plus the app entry point.
-let package = Package(
-	name: "VniDropApp",
-	defaultLocalization: "en",
-	platforms: [
-		.iOS(.v16),
-		.macOS(.v13),
-	],
-	products: [
-		.library(name: "VniDropApp", targets: ["VniDropApp"]),
-	],
-	dependencies: [
-		.package(path: "VnidropCore"),
-	],
-	targets: [
-		.target(
-			name: "VniDropApp",
-			dependencies: [.product(name: "VnidropCore", package: "VnidropCore")],
-			path: "VniDrop",
-			// The @main entry belongs to the Xcode app target only; excluding it
-			// keeps this library free of a conflicting `_main` symbol for tests.
-			exclude: ["Resources", "App/VniDropApp.swift"],
-			// The Rust core (iroh network stack) links these system libraries. The
-			// Xcode app target must add the same frameworks under "Link Binary With
-			// Libraries" (SystemConfiguration, Security, libresolv).
-			linkerSettings: [
-				.linkedFramework("SystemConfiguration"),
-				.linkedFramework("Security"),
-				.linkedLibrary("resolv"),
-			]
-		),
-		.testTarget(
-			name: "VniDropAppTests",
-			dependencies: ["VniDropApp"],
-			path: "Tests"
-		),
-	]
-)
diff --git a/apple/README.md b/apple/README.md
index 6048bb7..600cff4 100644
--- a/apple/README.md
+++ b/apple/README.md
@@ -18,9 +18,8 @@ apple/
     UI/Theme|Components|Navigation|Feedback|Shell/
     Platform/               # pickers, QR, NFC, share/export, per-OS file services
     Resources/              # Localizable.xcstrings, Info.plist, entitlements, assets
-  Tests/                    # XCTest (ported progress-derivation assertions)
-  Package.swift             # builds VniDrop/ as a library for CLI build/test
-  project.yml               # XcodeGen spec for the iOS/macOS app target
+  Tests/                    # XCTest bundle (VniDropTests target)
+  project.yml               # XcodeGen spec for the iOS/macOS app and test targets
 ```
 
 ## Build & run
@@ -72,19 +71,22 @@ opt in with `APPLE_CODE_SIGNING=YES`. For signed builds from Xcode, create the
 ignored `apple/Local.xcconfig` and override the signing settings there, including
 the development team.
 
-## Command-line typecheck & tests
+## Typecheck & tests
 
-`Package.swift` builds the same sources as a library (minus the `@main` entry),
-so the shared logic can be checked and unit-tested without Xcode:
+The Xcode project is the only build definition: it owns the UI, its package
+dependencies, and the `VniDropTests` bundle (module `VniDrop`, which is what the
+tests import). Everything runs through `xcodebuild`:
 
 ```bash
-cd apple
-swift build                       # macOS
-swift test                        # runs Tests/ (ported progress-derivation assertions)
-# iOS typecheck:
-swift build --triple arm64-apple-ios16.0-simulator --sdk "$(xcrun --sdk iphonesimulator --show-sdk-path)"
+make check-apple         # iOS simulator unit tests
+make build-apple-macos   # unsigned macOS build (typecheck)
 ```
 
+There is deliberately no SwiftPM manifest for the app. A second build definition
+would duplicate the target's package dependencies, and the previous one had
+already drifted out of sync with `project.yml` badly enough that neither
+`swift build` nor `swift test` worked.
+
 ## Generated / ignored artifacts
 
 `build-core.sh` produces build outputs that are gitignored (see `apple/.gitignore`):
@@ -106,8 +108,7 @@ Rust crate itself is never changed.
 ## System frameworks
 
 The Rust core (iroh network stack) links `SystemConfiguration`, `Security`, and
-`libresolv`. These are declared in both `Package.swift` (for CLI build/test) and
-`project.yml` (for the app target).
+`libresolv`. These are declared in `project.yml` for the app target.
 
 ## Parity & scope