diff --git a/recipes/libffi/__init__.py b/recipes/libffi/__init__.py
index 98c64e1..0147f75 100644
--- a/recipes/libffi/__init__.py
+++ b/recipes/libffi/__init__.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class LibffiRecipe(Recipe):
     include_per_arch = True
     include_dir = "build_{arch.sdk}-{arch.arch}/include"
     include_name = "ffi"
-    archs = ["x86_64", "armv7", "arm64"]
+    archs = ["x86_64", "arm64"]
 
     def prebuild_arch(self, arch):
         if self.has_marker("patched"):
diff --git a/toolchain.py b/toolchain.py
index d8ca83a..13e3cde 100755
--- a/toolchain.py
+++ b/toolchain.py
@@ -223,36 +223,19 @@ class Arch(object):
         return env
 
 
-
-class ArchSimulator(Arch):
-    sdk = "iphonesimulator"
-    arch = "i386"
-    triple = "i386-apple-darwin11"
-    version_min = "-miphoneos-version-min=6.0.0"
-    sysroot = sh.xcrun("--sdk", "iphonesimulator", "--show-sdk-path").strip()
-
-
 class Arch64Simulator(Arch):
     sdk = "iphonesimulator"
     arch = "x86_64"
     triple = "x86_64-apple-darwin13"
-    version_min = "-miphoneos-version-min=7.0"
+    version_min = "-miphoneos-version-min=8.0"
     sysroot = sh.xcrun("--sdk", "iphonesimulator", "--show-sdk-path").strip()
 
 
-class ArchIOS(Arch):
-    sdk = "iphoneos"
-    arch = "armv7"
-    triple = "arm-apple-darwin11"
-    version_min = "-miphoneos-version-min=6.0.0"
-    sysroot = sh.xcrun("--sdk", "iphoneos", "--show-sdk-path").strip()
-
-
 class Arch64IOS(Arch):
     sdk = "iphoneos"
     arch = "arm64"
     triple = "aarch64-apple-darwin13"
-    version_min = "-miphoneos-version-min=7.0"
+    version_min = "-miphoneos-version-min=8.0"
     sysroot = sh.xcrun("--sdk", "iphoneos", "--show-sdk-path").strip()
 
 
@@ -355,9 +338,7 @@ class Context(object):
         self.install_dir = "{}/dist/root".format(self.root_dir)
         self.include_dir = "{}/dist/include".format(self.root_dir)
         self.archs = (
-            # ArchSimulator(self),
             Arch64Simulator(self),
-            ArchIOS(self),
             Arch64IOS(self))
 
         # path to some tools
diff --git a/tools/biglink b/tools/biglink
index 35405ac..3ec5859 100755
--- a/tools/biglink
+++ b/tools/biglink
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ for fn in sofiles:
 unique_args = ' '.join(x for x in sorted(set(args)) if x.endswith('.so.o'))
 print('Biglink create %s library' % sys.argv[1])
 cmd = "ar -q %s %s" % (sys.argv[1], unique_args)
-print(cmd)
+print('Binlinking: {}'.format(cmd))
 subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=True).communicate()
diff --git a/tools/liblink b/tools/liblink
index 094cc20..8ce90e9 100755
--- a/tools/liblink
+++ b/tools/liblink
@@ -75,5 +75,11 @@ f.close()
 
 print('Liblink redirect linking with', objects)
 ld = environ.get('ARM_LD')
-arch = environ.get('ARCH', 'armv7')
-subprocess.call([ld, '-r', '-o', output + '.o', '-ios_version_min', '7.0', '-arch', arch] + objects)
+arch = environ.get('ARCH', 'arm64')
+if 'arm' in arch:
+    min_version_flag = '-ios_version_min'
+else:
+    min_version_flag = '-ios_simulator_version_min'
+call = [ld, '-r', '-o', output + '.o', min_version_flag, '8.0', '-arch', arch] + objects
+print("Linking: {}".format(" ".join(call)))
+subprocess.call(call)