diff --git a/mkspecs/macx-ios-clang/ios_destinations.sh b/mkspecs/macx-ios-clang/ios_destinations.sh
index e7b13c212c..ce6b238a65 100755
--- a/mkspecs/macx-ios-clang/ios_destinations.sh
+++ b/mkspecs/macx-ios-clang/ios_destinations.sh
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ echo "IPHONESIMULATOR_DEVICES = $booted_simulator"
 
 xcodebuild test -scheme $1 -destination 'id=0' -destination-timeout 1 2>&1| sed -n 's/{ \(platform:.*\) }/\1/p' | while read destination; do
     id=$(echo $destination | sed -n -E 's/.*id:([^ ,]+).*/\1/p')
+    [[ $id == *"placeholder"* ]] && continue
+
     echo $destination | tr ',' '\n' | while read keyval; do
         key=$(echo $keyval | cut -d ':' -f 1 | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]')
         val=$(echo $keyval | cut -d ':' -f 2)