diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/metadata.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/metadata.rs
index 06433484ea3..8857fda1e97 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/metadata.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/metadata.rs
@@ -402,13 +402,17 @@ fn pack_version((major, minor, patch): (u16, u8, u8)) -> u32 {
     let platform =
         rustc_target::spec::current_apple_platform(target).expect("unknown Apple target OS");
     let min_os = rustc_target::spec::current_apple_deployment_target(target);
-    let (sdk_major, sdk_minor) =
-        rustc_target::spec::current_apple_sdk_version(platform).expect("unknown Apple target OS");
 
     let mut build_version = object::write::MachOBuildVersion::default();
     build_version.platform = platform;
     build_version.minos = pack_version(min_os);
-    build_version.sdk = pack_version((sdk_major, sdk_minor, 0));
+    // The version here does not _really_ matter, since it is only used at runtime, and we specify
+    // it when linking the final binary, so we will omit the version. This is also what LLVM does,
+    // and the tooling also allows this (and shows the SDK version as `n/a`). Finally, it is the
+    // semantically correct choice, as the SDK has not influenced the binary generated by rustc at
+    // this point in time.
+    build_version.sdk = 0;
+
     build_version
 }
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/base/apple/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/base/apple/mod.rs
index 81b5a936d35..73763cf034c 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/base/apple/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/base/apple/mod.rs
@@ -158,23 +158,6 @@ pub(crate) fn base(
     (opts, llvm_target(os, arch, abi), arch.target_arch())
 }
 
-pub fn sdk_version(platform: u32) -> Option<(u16, u8)> {
-    // NOTE: These values are from an arbitrary point in time but shouldn't make it into the final
-    // binary since the final link command will have the current SDK version passed to it.
-    match platform {
-        object::macho::PLATFORM_MACOS => Some((13, 1)),
-        object::macho::PLATFORM_IOS
-        | object::macho::PLATFORM_IOSSIMULATOR
-        | object::macho::PLATFORM_TVOS
-        | object::macho::PLATFORM_TVOSSIMULATOR
-        | object::macho::PLATFORM_MACCATALYST => Some((16, 2)),
-        object::macho::PLATFORM_WATCHOS | object::macho::PLATFORM_WATCHOSSIMULATOR => Some((9, 1)),
-        // FIXME: Upgrade to `object-rs` 0.33+ implementation with visionOS platform definition
-        11 | 12 => Some((1, 0)),
-        _ => None,
-    }
-}
-
 pub fn platform(target: &Target) -> Option<u32> {
     Some(match (&*target.os, &*target.abi) {
         ("macos", _) => object::macho::PLATFORM_MACOS,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/mod.rs
index f327c1fd179..70ef21120e5 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/mod.rs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 mod base;
 pub use base::apple::{
     deployment_target_for_target as current_apple_deployment_target,
-    platform as current_apple_platform, sdk_version as current_apple_sdk_version,
+    platform as current_apple_platform,
 };
 pub use base::avr_gnu::ef_avr_arch;
 
diff --git a/tests/run-make/apple-sdk-version/rmake.rs b/tests/run-make/apple-sdk-version/rmake.rs
index a16c84ddc59..6463ec00403 100644
--- a/tests/run-make/apple-sdk-version/rmake.rs
+++ b/tests/run-make/apple-sdk-version/rmake.rs
@@ -50,6 +50,15 @@ fn main() {
     // Set to 0, which means not set or "n/a".
     has_sdk_version("foo.o", "n/a");
 
+    // Check the SDK version in the .rmeta file, as set in `create_object_file`.
+    //
+    // This is just to ensure that we don't set some odd version in `create_object_file`,
+    // if the rmeta file is packed in a different way in the future, this can safely be removed.
+    rustc().target(target()).crate_type("rlib").input("foo.rs").output("libfoo.rlib").run();
+    // Extra .rmeta file (which is encoded as an object file).
+    cmd("ar").arg("-x").arg("libfoo.rlib").arg("lib.rmeta").run();
+    has_sdk_version("lib.rmeta", "n/a");
+
     // Test that version makes it to the linker.
     for (crate_type, file_ext) in [("bin", ""), ("dylib", ".dylib")] {
         // Non-simulator watchOS targets don't support dynamic linking,