2 files changed, 28 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/src/objective-c/tests/Podfile b/src/objective-c/tests/Podfile
index 30a34260d4..17b9740d52 100644
--- a/src/objective-c/tests/Podfile
+++ b/src/objective-c/tests/Podfile
@@ -17,12 +17,18 @@ GRPC_LOCAL_SRC = '../../..'
 ).each do |target_name|
   target target_name do
     pod 'Protobuf', :path => "#{GRPC_LOCAL_SRC}/third_party/protobuf", :inhibit_warnings => true
-    pod 'BoringSSL', :podspec => "#{GRPC_LOCAL_SRC}/src/objective-c", :inhibit_warnings => true
+
+    pod '!ProtoCompiler',            :path => "#{GRPC_LOCAL_SRC}/src/objective-c"
+    pod '!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin', :path => "#{GRPC_LOCAL_SRC}/src/objective-c"
+
+    pod 'BoringSSL',       :podspec => "#{GRPC_LOCAL_SRC}/src/objective-c", :inhibit_warnings => true
     pod 'CronetFramework', :podspec => "#{GRPC_LOCAL_SRC}/src/objective-c"
-    pod 'gRPC', :path => GRPC_LOCAL_SRC
-    pod 'gRPC-Core', :path => GRPC_LOCAL_SRC
+
+    pod 'gRPC',           :path => GRPC_LOCAL_SRC
+    pod 'gRPC-Core',      :path => GRPC_LOCAL_SRC
     pod 'gRPC-RxLibrary', :path => GRPC_LOCAL_SRC
     pod 'gRPC-ProtoRPC',  :path => GRPC_LOCAL_SRC
+
     pod 'RemoteTest', :path => "RemoteTestClient"
   end
 end
@@ -65,7 +71,7 @@ post_install do |installer|
     end
     if target.name == 'gRPC-Core'
       target.build_configurations.each do |config|
-        # TODO(zyc) Remove this setting after the issue is resolved
+        # TODO(zyc): Remove this setting after the issue is resolved
         # GPR_UNREACHABLE_CODE causes "Control may reach end of non-void
         # function" warning
         config.build_settings['GCC_WARN_ABOUT_RETURN_TYPE'] = 'NO'
diff --git a/src/objective-c/tests/RemoteTestClient/RemoteTest.podspec b/src/objective-c/tests/RemoteTestClient/RemoteTest.podspec
index 25c9c7f841..7d84a5ae4d 100644
--- a/src/objective-c/tests/RemoteTestClient/RemoteTest.podspec
+++ b/src/objective-c/tests/RemoteTestClient/RemoteTest.podspec
@@ -11,20 +11,30 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.osx.deployment_target = '10.9'
 
   # Run protoc with the Objective-C and gRPC plugins to generate protocol messages and gRPC clients.
+  s.dependency "!ProtoCompiler-gRPCPlugin", "~> 0.14"
+
+  repo_root = '../../../..'
+  bin_dir = "#{repo_root}/bins/$CONFIG"
+
+  protoc = "#{bin_dir}/protobuf/protoc"
+  well_known_types_dir = "#{repo_root}/third_party/protobuf/src"
+  plugin = "#{bin_dir}/grpc_objective_c_plugin"
+
   s.prepare_command = <<-CMD
-    BINDIR=../../../../bins/$CONFIG
-    PROTOC=$BINDIR/protobuf/protoc
-    PLUGIN=$BINDIR/grpc_objective_c_plugin
-    # we use this path to locate well-known proto files
-    PROTO_SRC=../../../../third_party/protobuf/src
-    $PROTOC --plugin=protoc-gen-grpc=$PLUGIN --objc_out=. --grpc_out=. *.proto -I $PROTO_SRC -I .
+    #{protoc} \
+        --plugin=protoc-gen-grpc=#{plugin} \
+        --objc_out=. \
+        --grpc_out=. \
+        -I . \
+        -I #{well_known_types_dir} \
+        *.proto
   CMD
 
   s.subspec "Messages" do |ms|
     ms.source_files = "*.pbobjc.{h,m}"
     ms.header_mappings_dir = "."
     ms.requires_arc = false
-    ms.dependency "Protobuf", "~> 3.0.0-beta-3.1"
+    ms.dependency "Protobuf"
     # This is needed by all pods that depend on Protobuf:
     ms.pod_target_xcconfig = {
       'GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS' => '$(inherited) GPB_USE_PROTOBUF_FRAMEWORK_IMPORTS=1',
@@ -35,7 +45,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
     ss.source_files = "*.pbrpc.{h,m}"
     ss.header_mappings_dir = "."
     ss.requires_arc = true
-    ss.dependency "gRPC-ProtoRPC", "~> 0.14"
+    ss.dependency "gRPC-ProtoRPC"
     ss.dependency "#{s.name}/Messages"
   end
 end