diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index ed5f88794b2182..0e9b4b38187380 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -692,9 +692,6 @@ jobs:
           name: Set HERMES_ENGINE_TARBALL_PATH
           command: |
             echo "export HERMES_ENGINE_TARBALL_PATH=$(ls -AU $HERMES_WS_DIR/hermes-runtime-darwin/hermes-runtime-darwin-*.tar.gz | head -1)" >> $BASH_ENV
-      - run:
-          name: Set RCT_VERBOSE_POD_INSTALL=1
-          command: echo "export RCT_VERBOSE_POD_INSTALL=1" >> $BASH_ENV
       - run:
           name: Create iOS template project
           command: |
diff --git a/sdks/hermes-engine/utils/build-apple-framework.sh b/sdks/hermes-engine/utils/build-apple-framework.sh
index 364b067653b312..bd9365fdafd659 100755
--- a/sdks/hermes-engine/utils/build-apple-framework.sh
+++ b/sdks/hermes-engine/utils/build-apple-framework.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ fi
 
 NUM_CORES=$(sysctl -n hw.ncpu)
 IMPORT_HERMESC_PATH=${HERMES_OVERRIDE_HERMESC_PATH:-$PWD/build_host_hermesc/ImportHermesc.cmake}
+REACT_NATIVE_PATH=${REACT_NATIVE_PATH:-$PWD/../..}
+JSI_PATH="$REACT_NATIVE_PATH/ReactCommon/jsi"
 
 function get_release_version {
   ruby -rcocoapods-core -rjson -e "puts Pod::Specification.from_file('hermes-engine.podspec').version"
@@ -59,6 +61,8 @@ function configure_apple_framework {
     -DHERMES_BUILD_APPLE_DSYM:BOOLEAN=true \
     -DHERMES_ENABLE_TOOLS:BOOLEAN="$build_cli_tools" \
     -DIMPORT_HERMESC:PATH="$IMPORT_HERMESC_PATH" \
+    -DJSI_DIR="$JSI_PATH" \
+    -DHERMES_RELEASE_VERSION="for RN $(get_release_version)" \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=../destroot \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="$BUILD_TYPE"
 }