diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheels-dependencies.sh b/.github/workflows/wheels-dependencies.sh
index 3969bff37..a4d45fc8e 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/wheels-dependencies.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheels-dependencies.sh
@@ -268,7 +268,10 @@ function build {
         build_tiff
     fi
 
-    build_libavif
+    if [[ -z "$IOS_SDK" ]]; then
+        # Short term workaround; buillib
+        build_libavif
+    fi
     build_libpng
     build_lcms2
     build_openjpeg
diff --git a/checks/check_wheel.py b/checks/check_wheel.py
index 6102ff3c3..e29ade580 100644
--- a/checks/check_wheel.py
+++ b/checks/check_wheel.py
@@ -18,14 +18,18 @@ def test_wheel_modules() -> None:
             assert tkinter
         except ImportError:
             expected_modules.remove("tkinter")
-    elif sys.platform == "ios":
-        # tkinter is not available on iOS
-        expected_modules.remove("tkinter")
 
         # libavif is not available on Windows for ARM64 architectures
         if platform.machine() == "ARM64":
             expected_modules.remove("avif")
 
+    elif sys.platform == "ios":
+        # tkinter is not available on iOS
+        expected_modules.remove("tkinter")
+
+        # libavif is not available on iOS (for now)
+        expected_modules.remove("avif")
+
     assert set(features.get_supported_modules()) == expected_modules
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 188a8542a..0e347b161 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ test-sources = [
 ]
 test-command = [
   "python -m selftest",
-  "python -m pytest checks/check_wheel.py Tests",
+  "python -m pytest -vv checks/check_wheel.py Tests",
 ]
 
 # There's no numpy wheel for iOS (yet...)