diff --git a/app.config.ts b/app.config.ts
index 4587556c7..20c2c44f2 100644
--- a/app.config.ts
+++ b/app.config.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ export default ({ config }: ConfigContext) => ({
     'expo-web-browser',
     'expo-sqlite',
     'expo-asset',
-    'expo-asset',
     [
       'expo-location',
       {
diff --git a/ios/Podfile b/ios/Podfile
index ba86e4cee..10cef9f58 100644
--- a/ios/Podfile
+++ b/ios/Podfile
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ require 'json'
 podfile_properties = JSON.parse(File.read(File.join(__dir__, 'Podfile.properties.json'))) rescue {}
 
 ENV['RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED'] ||= '0' if podfile_properties['newArchEnabled'] == 'false'
+ENV['RCT_HERMES_V1_ENABLED'] ||= '1' if podfile_properties['expo.useHermesV1'] == 'true'
 ENV['EX_DEV_CLIENT_NETWORK_INSPECTOR'] ||= podfile_properties['EX_DEV_CLIENT_NETWORK_INSPECTOR']
 ENV['RCT_USE_RN_DEP'] ||= '1' if podfile_properties['ios.buildReactNativeFromSource'] != 'true' && podfile_properties['newArchEnabled'] != 'false'
 ENV['RCT_USE_PREBUILT_RNCORE'] ||= '1' if podfile_properties['ios.buildReactNativeFromSource'] != 'true' && podfile_properties['newArchEnabled'] != 'false'
diff --git a/ios/Podfile.properties.json b/ios/Podfile.properties.json
index ab5c7ba6a..671382e93 100644
--- a/ios/Podfile.properties.json
+++ b/ios/Podfile.properties.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "expo.jsEngine": "hermes",
+  "expo.useHermesV1": "true",
   "ios.useFrameworks": "static",
   "ios.buildReactNativeFromSource": "true",
   "EX_DEV_CLIENT_NETWORK_INSPECTOR": "true",