diff --git a/scripts/generate-dev-bundle.sh b/scripts/generate-dev-bundle.sh
index 21c152fbe3..ed52d1c618 100755
--- a/scripts/generate-dev-bundle.sh
+++ b/scripts/generate-dev-bundle.sh
@@ -75,15 +75,30 @@ cd build
 # ios-sim is used to run iPhone simulator from the command-line. Doesn't make
 # sense to build it for linux.
 if [ "$OS" == "osx" ]; then
-    which rake # rake is required to build ios-sim
-    git clone https://github.com/phonegap/ios-sim.git
-    cd ios-sim
-    git checkout 2.0.1
-    rake build
-    which build/Release/ios-sim # check that we have in fact got the binary
+    # the build from source is not going to work on old OS X versions, until we
+    # upgrade our Mac OS X Jenkins machine, download the precompiled tarball
+
+    # which rake # rake is required to build ios-sim
+    # git clone https://github.com/phonegap/ios-sim.git
+    # cd ios-sim
+    # git checkout 2.0.1
+    # rake build
+    # which build/Release/ios-sim # check that we have in fact got the binary
+    # mkdir -p "$DIR/lib/ios-sim"
+    # cp -r build/Release/* "$DIR/lib/ios-sim/"
+
+    # Download the precompiled tarball
+    IOS_SIM_URL="http://android-bundle.s3.amazonaws.com/ios-sim.tgz"
+    curl "$IOS_SIM_URL" | tar xfz -
     mkdir -p "$DIR/lib/ios-sim"
-    cp -r build/Release/* "$DIR/lib/ios-sim/"
-    echo "done building ios-sim"
+    cp -r ios-sim/ios-sim "$DIR/lib/ios-sim"
+
+    git clone https://github.com/phonegap/ios-deploy.git
+    cd ios-deploy
+    make
+    cd ..
+    mkdir -p "$DIR/lib/ios-deploy"
+    cp -r ios-deploy/ios-deploy "$DIR/lib/ios-deploy"
 fi