I faced a similar issue with our own set of frameworks. I have an application target with linked test targets. The test target has the app target linked as the Target Application under the General tab. The app target was also linked as a Dependency in the test target's Build Phase tab. Removing the app from the Dependency list got rid of the issue. I'm not sure this would be a permanent solution however. I also had to use the specific scheme for that test target, as opposed to using the app target as I was previously doing. Hope this helps