diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 56fe391b27..9625b7d470 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4015,18 +4015,8 @@ case "${host}" in
     DEFAULT_DEFAULT_wxUSE_MSW=1
   ;;
 
-  arm-apple-darwin*)
-        USE_BSD=1
-    USE_DARWIN=1
-    $as_echo "#define __BSD__ 1" >>confdefs.h
-
-    $as_echo "#define __DARWIN__ 1" >>confdefs.h
-
-    DEFAULT_DEFAULT_wxUSE_OSX_IPHONE=1
-  ;;
-
   *-*-darwin* )
-        USE_BSD=1
+            USE_BSD=1
     USE_DARWIN=1
     $as_echo "#define __BSD__ 1" >>confdefs.h
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index afbe54eacb..3add79588d 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -282,17 +282,9 @@ case "${host}" in
     DEFAULT_DEFAULT_wxUSE_MSW=1
   ;;
 
-  arm-apple-darwin*)
-    dnl iPhone
-    USE_BSD=1
-    USE_DARWIN=1
-    AC_DEFINE(__BSD__)
-    AC_DEFINE(__DARWIN__)
-    DEFAULT_DEFAULT_wxUSE_OSX_IPHONE=1
-  ;;
-
   *-*-darwin* )
-    dnl Darwin based distributions (including Mac OS X)
+    dnl Some platform using Darwin, i.e. one of the Apple OS: we target macOS
+    dnl by default on them, use --with-osx_iphone explicitly for iOS.
     USE_BSD=1
     USE_DARWIN=1
     AC_DEFINE(__BSD__)
diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index 91e460d770..6bdb254eb6 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -189,6 +189,10 @@ INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 3.1.3:
   aliases for the libraries have been added using the 'wx::' namespace. For
   example, the core library is now named wxcore and has alias wx::core.
 
+- Building on ARM Apple platforms using configure now targets macOS by
+  default, and not iOS. Please use --with-osx_iphone explicitly if you need
+  the latter.
+
 
 3.1.3: (released 2019-10-28)
 ----------------------------