diff --git a/wrappers/ios/ci/build.sh b/wrappers/ios/ci/build.sh
index 878f904c34..534d421a17 100755
--- a/wrappers/ios/ci/build.sh
+++ b/wrappers/ios/ci/build.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ OUTPUT_DIR=/tmp/artifacts
 
 setup() {
     echo "ios/ci/build.sh: running setup()"
+
     echo "Setup rustup"
     rustup default 1.65.0
     rustup component add rls-preview rust-analysis rust-src
@@ -41,8 +42,6 @@ setup() {
     which automake &>/dev/null || brew install automake
     which autoconf &>/dev/null || brew install autoconf
     which cmake &>/dev/null || brew install cmake
-    which wget &>/dev/null || brew install wget
-    which g++ &>/dev/null || brew install gcc
 
     mkdir -p $OUTPUT_DIR/libs
     mkdir -p $OUTPUT_DIR/arch_libs
@@ -50,6 +49,7 @@ setup() {
 
 build_crypto() {
     echo "ios/ci/build.sh: running build_crypto()"
+
     if [ ! -d $OUTPUT_DIR/OpenSSL-for-iPhone ]; then
         git clone https://github.com/x2on/OpenSSL-for-iPhone.git $OUTPUT_DIR/OpenSSL-for-iPhone
 
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ build_crypto() {
 }
 
 extract_crypto_lib() {
+    echo "ios/ci/build.sh: running extract_crypto_lib()"
+
     ARCH=$1
     LIBS="libcrypto libssl"
     echo "ios/ci/build.sh: running extract_crypto_lib()"
@@ -124,6 +126,7 @@ build_libvcx() {
 
 combine_static_libs() {
     echo "ios/ci/build.sh: running combine_static_libs()"
+
     COMBINED_LIB=$1
     ARCH=$2
     combined_libs_paths=""
@@ -141,6 +144,8 @@ combine_static_libs() {
 }
 
 make_fat_library() {
+    echo "ios/ci/build.sh: running make_fat_library()"
+
     COMBINED_LIB=$1
     ARCHS="arm64 x86_64"
     COMBINED_LIB_PATHS=""
@@ -162,6 +167,7 @@ make_fat_library() {
 
 build_vcx_framework() {
     echo "ios/ci/build.sh: running build_vcx_framework() COMBINED_LIB=${COMBINED_LIB}"
+
     COMBINED_LIB=$1
     ARCHS="arm64 x86_64"
 
@@ -226,23 +232,26 @@ build_vcx_framework() {
     popd
 }
 
+# Initial setup and OpenSSL building
 setup
 build_crypto 
 
+########### iOS ARM64 ###########
 extract_crypto_lib "arm64"
 build_libsodium "arm64"
 build_libzmq "arm64"
 build_libvcx "arm64" "aarch64-apple-ios"
-
 combine_static_libs "libvcx_all" "arm64"
 
+########### iOS x86_64 Simulator ###########
 extract_crypto_lib "x86_64"
 build_libsodium "x86_64"
 build_libzmq "x86_64"
 build_libvcx "x86_64" "x86_64-apple-ios"
-
 combine_static_libs "libvcx_all" "x86_64"
 
+# Combine each arch libvcx lib into one fat lib
 make_fat_library "libvcx_all"
 
+# Build Xcode framework
 build_vcx_framework "libvcx_all"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/wrappers/ios/ci/build_libsodium.sh b/wrappers/ios/ci/build_libsodium.sh
index ed2bed7203..d211b21d27 100755
--- a/wrappers/ios/ci/build_libsodium.sh
+++ b/wrappers/ios/ci/build_libsodium.sh
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ OTHER_CFLAGS="-Os -Qunused-arguments -fembed-bitcode"
 setup() {
     rm -rf ${BUILD_DIR}
 
+    # Don't download the package again if it's already present
     if [ ! -d ${PKG_NAME} ]; then
         PKG_ARCHIVE="${PKG_NAME}.tar.gz"
 
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ build() {
         ./configure --prefix=${ARCH_BUILD_DIR} --disable-shared --enable-static --host=${HOST}
 
         make clean 
-        make -j`nproc` V=0
+        make -j`sysctl -n hw.ncpu` V=0
         make install
 
         rm -f ${LIB_OUTPUT_DIR}/${LIBNAME}
diff --git a/wrappers/ios/ci/build_libzmq.sh b/wrappers/ios/ci/build_libzmq.sh
index 4d0481518d..c26be15460 100755
--- a/wrappers/ios/ci/build_libzmq.sh
+++ b/wrappers/ios/ci/build_libzmq.sh
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ OTHER_CPPFLAGS="-Os -fembed-bitcode"
 setup() {
     rm -rf ${BUILD_DIR}
 
+    # Don't download the package again if it's already present
     if [ ! -d ${PKG_NAME} ]; then
         PKG_ARCHIVE="${PKG_NAME}.tar.gz"
 
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ build() {
         cp ${SCRIPT_DIR}/platform-patched.hpp ./src/platform.hpp
 
         make clean 
-        make -j`nproc` V=0
+        make -j`sysctl -n hw.ncpu` V=0
         make install
 
         rm -f ${LIB_OUTPUT_DIR}/${LIBNAME}
diff --git a/wrappers/ios/ci/platform-patched.hpp b/wrappers/ios/ci/platform-patched.hpp
index c5f2a2fd5c..990122e206 100644
--- a/wrappers/ios/ci/platform-patched.hpp
+++ b/wrappers/ios/ci/platform-patched.hpp
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+/*
+Workaround to disable clock_gettime since it is only available on iOS 10+.
+Taken from https://github.com/evernym/libzmq-ios
+*/
+
 /* src/platform.hpp.  Generated from platform.hpp.in by configure.  */
 /* src/platform.hpp.in.  Generated from configure.ac by autoheader.  */