diff --git a/src/mono/sample/iOS/Makefile b/src/mono/sample/iOS/Makefile
index 93d015549db20b..a11c280d58ccc9 100644
--- a/src/mono/sample/iOS/Makefile
+++ b/src/mono/sample/iOS/Makefile
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ run-sim: clean appbuilder
 	/p:TargetOS=iossimulator \
 	/p:TargetArchitecture=$(MONO_ARCH) \
 	/p:MonoEnableLLVM=$(USE_LLVM) \
+	/p:MonoForceInterpreter=false \
 	/p:DeployAndRun=$(DEPLOY_AND_RUN) \
 	/p:RuntimeComponents="$(RUNTIME_COMPONENTS)" \
 	/p:DiagnosticPorts="$(DIAGNOSTIC_PORTS)" \
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ run-catalyst: clean appbuilder
 	/p:TargetOS=maccatalyst \
 	/p:TargetArchitecture=$(MONO_ARCH) \
 	/p:MonoEnableLLVM=false \
+	/p:MonoForceInterpreter=false \
 	/p:DeployAndRun=$(DEPLOY_AND_RUN) \
 	/p:EnableAppSandbox=$(APP_SANDBOX) \
 	/bl
@@ -85,7 +87,7 @@ run-catalyst-interp: clean appbuilder
 	-c $(MONO_CONFIG) \
 	/p:TargetOS=maccatalyst \
 	/p:TargetArchitecture=$(MONO_ARCH) \
-	/p:MonoEnableLLVM=False \
+	/p:MonoEnableLLVM=false \
 	/p:MonoForceInterpreter=true \
 	/p:DeployAndRun=$(DEPLOY_AND_RUN) \
 	/p:EnableAppSandbox=$(APP_SANDBOX) \
diff --git a/src/tasks/AppleAppBuilder/AppleAppBuilder.cs b/src/tasks/AppleAppBuilder/AppleAppBuilder.cs
index dce2a877ef2961..5b84eaeac20649 100644
--- a/src/tasks/AppleAppBuilder/AppleAppBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/tasks/AppleAppBuilder/AppleAppBuilder.cs
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ public void ValidateRuntimeSelection()
 
     public override bool Execute()
     {
-        bool shouldStaticLink = true;
+        bool shouldStaticLink = !EnableAppSandbox;
         bool isDevice = (TargetOS == TargetNames.iOS || TargetOS == TargetNames.tvOS);
 
         ValidateRuntimeSelection();