diff --git a/pkgs/development/mobile/xcodeenv/compose-xcodewrapper.nix b/pkgs/development/mobile/xcodeenv/compose-xcodewrapper.nix
index f1ac578f26ef..5a888fb13b29 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/mobile/xcodeenv/compose-xcodewrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/mobile/xcodeenv/compose-xcodewrapper.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,41 @@
-{ stdenv, lib }:
-{ version ? "11.1"
-, allowHigher ? false
-, xcodeBaseDir ? "/Applications/Xcode.app" }:
+{ lib,
+  stdenv,
+  writeShellScriptBin }:
+{ versions ? [ ] , xcodeBaseDir ? "/Applications/Xcode.app" }:
 
 assert stdenv.isDarwin;
+let
+  xcodebuildPath = "${xcodeBaseDir}/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/xcodebuild";
 
+  xcodebuildWrapper = writeShellScriptBin "xcodebuild" ''
+    currentVer="$(${xcodebuildPath} -version | awk 'NR==1{print $2}')"
+    wrapperVers=(${lib.concatStringsSep " " versions})
+
+    for ver in "''${wrapperVers[@]}"; do
+      if [[ "$currentVer" == "$ver" ]]; then
+        # here exec replaces the shell without creating a new process
+        # https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#index-exec
+        exec "${xcodebuildPath}" "$@"
+      fi
+    done
+
+    echo "The installed Xcode version ($currentVer) does not match any of the allowed versions: ${lib.concatStringsSep ", " versions}"
+    echo "Please update your local Xcode installation to match one of the allowed versions"
+    exit 1
+  '';
+in
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  pname = "xcode-wrapper${lib.optionalString allowHigher "-plus"}";
-  inherit version;
+  name = "xcode-wrapper-impure";
   # Fails in sandbox. Use `--option sandbox relaxed` or `--option sandbox false`.
   __noChroot = true;
   buildCommand = ''
     mkdir -p $out/bin
     cd $out/bin
-    ln -s /usr/bin/xcode-select
+    ${if versions == [ ] then ''
+    ln -s "${xcodebuildPath}"
+    '' else ''
+    ln -s "${xcodebuildWrapper}/bin/xcode-select"
+    ''}
     ln -s /usr/bin/security
     ln -s /usr/bin/codesign
     ln -s /usr/bin/xcrun
@@ -22,23 +44,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     ln -s /usr/bin/lipo
     ln -s /usr/bin/file
     ln -s /usr/bin/rev
-    ln -s "${xcodeBaseDir}/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/xcodebuild"
     ln -s "${xcodeBaseDir}/Contents/Developer/Applications/Simulator.app/Contents/MacOS/Simulator"
 
     cd ..
     ln -s "${xcodeBaseDir}/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs"
-
-    # Check if we have the xcodebuild version that we want
-    currVer=$($out/bin/xcodebuild -version | head -n1)
-    ${if allowHigher then ''
-    if [ -z "$(printf '%s\n' "${version}" "$currVer" | sort -V | head -n1)""" != "${version}" ]
-    '' else ''
-    if [ -z "$(echo $currVer | grep -x 'Xcode ${version}')" ]
-    ''}
-    then
-        echo "We require xcodebuild version${if allowHigher then " or higher" else ""}: ${version}"
-        echo "Instead what was found: $currVer"
-        exit 1
-    fi
   '';
 }