diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5ade7135f..6d004debf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -45,5 +45,8 @@
     "test:cordova@7.1.0:browser@5.0.3": "bash ./test/test-default.sh 7.1.0 browser 5.0.3",
     "test:cordova@8.0.0:browser@5.0.3": "bash ./test/test-default.sh 8.0.0 browser 5.0.3"
   },
-  "dependencies": {}
+  "dependencies": {},
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "xcode": "^2.0.0"
+  }
 }
diff --git a/scripts/ios/helper.js b/scripts/ios/helper.js
index 946496a9c..a155ab3c4 100644
--- a/scripts/ios/helper.js
+++ b/scripts/ios/helper.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 var fs = require("fs");
 var path = require("path");
 var utilities = require("../lib/utilities");
+var xcode = require("xcode");
 
 /**
  * This is used as the display text for the build phase block in XCode as well as the
@@ -30,7 +31,6 @@ module.exports = {
      * (dSYMs) so that Crashlytics can display stack trace information in it's web console.
      */
   addShellScriptBuildPhase: function (context, xcodeProjectPath) {
-    var xcode = context.requireCordovaModule("xcode");
 
     // Read and parse the XCode project (.pxbproj) from disk.
     // File format information: http://www.monobjc.net/xcode-project-file-format.html