diff --git a/RNReanimated.podspec b/RNReanimated.podspec
index dd67526ed156..9df5459d4db3 100644
--- a/RNReanimated.podspec
+++ b/RNReanimated.podspec
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
     "HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS" => "\"$(PODS_TARGET_SRCROOT)/ReactCommon\" \"$(PODS_TARGET_SRCROOT)\" \"$(PODS_ROOT)/RCT-Folly\" \"$(PODS_ROOT)/boost\" \"$(PODS_ROOT)/boost-for-react-native\" \"$(PODS_ROOT)/DoubleConversion\" \"$(PODS_ROOT)/Headers/Private/React-Core\" \"$(PODS_ROOT)/Headers/Private/Yoga\"",
     "FRAMEWORK_SEARCH_PATHS" => "\"${PODS_CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR}/React-hermes\"",
     "CLANG_CXX_LANGUAGE_STANDARD" => "c++17",
+    "GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS[config=Release]" => "$(inherited) NDEBUG=1",
   }
   s.compiler_flags = folly_compiler_flags + ' ' + boost_compiler_flags + ' -DHERMES_ENABLE_DEBUGGER'
   s.xcconfig = {
diff --git a/apple/RNReanimated.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/apple/RNReanimated.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 5c27e379119d..f6176b200397 100644
--- a/apple/RNReanimated.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/apple/RNReanimated.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -481,6 +481,9 @@
 				GCC_WARN_UNINITIALIZED_AUTOS = YES_AGGRESSIVE;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_FUNCTION = YES;
 				GCC_WARN_UNUSED_VARIABLE = YES;
+				GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS = (
+					"NDEBUG=1",
+				);
 				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 10.0;
 				MTL_ENABLE_DEBUG_INFO = NO;
 				SDKROOT = iphoneos;