diff --git a/packages/build-tools/src/steps/functions/startAgentDeviceRemoteSession.ts b/packages/build-tools/src/steps/functions/startAgentDeviceRemoteSession.ts
index 2a7ce0fca1..2ac35c6c00 100644
--- a/packages/build-tools/src/steps/functions/startAgentDeviceRemoteSession.ts
+++ b/packages/build-tools/src/steps/functions/startAgentDeviceRemoteSession.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {
   getDeviceRunSessionIdOrThrow,
   getNgrokAuthtokenOrThrow,
   getNgrokTunnelDomainOrThrow,
+  selectXcodeDeveloperDirectoryAsync,
   spawnDetached,
   startNgrokTunnelAsync,
   startServeSimWithTunnelAsync,
@@ -30,7 +31,6 @@ const AGENT_DEVICE_PACKAGE_NAME = 'agent-device';
 const AGENT_DEVICE_REPO_URL = 'https://github.com/callstackincubator/agent-device.git';
 const SRC_DIR = '/tmp/agent-device-src';
 const DAEMON_JSON_PATH = path.join(os.homedir(), '.agent-device', 'daemon.json');
-const XCODE_DEVELOPER_DIR = '/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer';
 const STARTUP_TIMEOUT_MS = 60_000;
 
 export function createStartAgentDeviceRemoteSessionBuildFunction(
@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@ export function createStartAgentDeviceRemoteSessionBuildFunction(
       );
 
       if (runtimePlatform === BuildRuntimePlatform.DARWIN) {
-        logger.info(`Selecting Xcode developer directory: ${XCODE_DEVELOPER_DIR}.`);
-        await spawn('sudo', ['xcode-select', '-s', XCODE_DEVELOPER_DIR], { env, logger });
+        await selectXcodeDeveloperDirectoryAsync({ env, logger });
       }
 
       logger.info('Launching agent-device daemon.');
diff --git a/packages/build-tools/src/steps/functions/startArgentRemoteSession.ts b/packages/build-tools/src/steps/functions/startArgentRemoteSession.ts
index aaac3a6dca..b27c41766d 100644
--- a/packages/build-tools/src/steps/functions/startArgentRemoteSession.ts
+++ b/packages/build-tools/src/steps/functions/startArgentRemoteSession.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {
   getDeviceRunSessionIdOrThrow,
   getNgrokAuthtokenOrThrow,
   getNgrokTunnelDomainOrThrow,
+  selectXcodeDeveloperDirectoryAsync,
   spawnDetached,
   startNgrokTunnelAsync,
   startServeSimWithTunnelAsync,
@@ -30,7 +31,6 @@ const ARGENT_PACKAGE_NAME = '@swmansion/argent';
 export const MIN_ARGENT_REMOTE_SESSION_VERSION = '0.12.0';
 const ARGENT_ARTIFACTS_LIST_ENDPOINT_FLAG = 'artifacts-list-endpoint';
 const ARGENT_STATE_FILE = path.join(os.homedir(), '.argent', 'tool-server.json');
-const XCODE_DEVELOPER_DIR = '/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer';
 const STARTUP_TIMEOUT_MS = 60_000;
 
 const ArgentToolServerStateSchema = z.object({
@@ -71,8 +71,7 @@ export function createStartArgentRemoteSessionBuildFunction(
       );
 
       if (runtimePlatform === BuildRuntimePlatform.DARWIN) {
-        logger.info(`Selecting Xcode developer directory: ${XCODE_DEVELOPER_DIR}.`);
-        await spawn('sudo', ['xcode-select', '-s', XCODE_DEVELOPER_DIR], { env, logger });
+        await selectXcodeDeveloperDirectoryAsync({ env, logger });
       }
 
       // Stale state from a previous run would mask the new server's port.
diff --git a/packages/build-tools/src/steps/functions/startServeSimRemoteSession.ts b/packages/build-tools/src/steps/functions/startServeSimRemoteSession.ts
index dc619514f5..8daccbced5 100644
--- a/packages/build-tools/src/steps/functions/startServeSimRemoteSession.ts
+++ b/packages/build-tools/src/steps/functions/startServeSimRemoteSession.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 import { BuildFunction, BuildRuntimePlatform } from '@expo/steps';
-import spawn from '@expo/turtle-spawn';
 
 import { CustomBuildContext } from '../../customBuildContext';
 import {
   getDeviceRunSessionIdOrThrow,
   getNgrokTunnelDomainOrThrow,
+  selectXcodeDeveloperDirectoryAsync,
   startServeSimWithTunnelAsync,
   uploadRemoteSessionConfigAsync,
 } from '../utils/remoteDeviceRunSession';
 
-const XCODE_DEVELOPER_DIR = '/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer';
 const STARTUP_TIMEOUT_MS = 60_000;
 
 export function createStartServeSimRemoteSessionBuildFunction(
@@ -27,8 +26,7 @@ export function createStartServeSimRemoteSessionBuildFunction(
 
       logger.info('Starting serve-sim remote session.');
 
-      logger.info(`Selecting Xcode developer directory: ${XCODE_DEVELOPER_DIR}.`);
-      await spawn('sudo', ['xcode-select', '-s', XCODE_DEVELOPER_DIR], { env, logger });
+      await selectXcodeDeveloperDirectoryAsync({ env, logger });
 
       const { previewUrl, streamUrl } = await startServeSimWithTunnelAsync(ctx, {
         baseDomain: ngrokTunnelDomain,
diff --git a/packages/build-tools/src/steps/utils/remoteDeviceRunSession.ts b/packages/build-tools/src/steps/utils/remoteDeviceRunSession.ts
index 672f065e7c..5e084a1aa6 100644
--- a/packages/build-tools/src/steps/utils/remoteDeviceRunSession.ts
+++ b/packages/build-tools/src/steps/utils/remoteDeviceRunSession.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { SystemError } from '@expo/eas-build-job';
 import { bunyan } from '@expo/logger';
-import { BuildStepEnv } from '@expo/steps';
+import { BuildStepEnv, spawnAsync } from '@expo/steps';
 import spawn from '@expo/turtle-spawn';
 import * as ngrok from '@ngrok/ngrok';
 import { graphql } from 'gql.tada';
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import { Sentry } from '../../sentry';
 import { sleepAsync } from '../../utils/retry';
 import { turtleFetch } from '../../utils/turtleFetch';
 
+const XCODE_DEVELOPER_DIR = '/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer';
+
 const START_DEVICE_RUN_SESSION_MUTATION = graphql(`
   mutation StartDeviceRunSession($deviceRunSessionId: ID!, $remoteConfig: JSONObject!) {
     deviceRunSession {
@@ -74,6 +76,26 @@ const TurnIceServersSchema = z.array(
 
 export type TurnIceServers = z.infer<typeof TurnIceServersSchema>;
 
+export async function selectXcodeDeveloperDirectoryAsync({
+  env,
+  logger,
+}: {
+  env: BuildStepEnv;
+  logger: bunyan;
+}): Promise<void> {
+  if (process.env.ENVIRONMENT === 'development') {
+    logger.info('Job running outside of EAS, not selecting Xcode developer directory.');
+    return;
+  }
+
+  logger.info(`Selecting Xcode developer directory: ${XCODE_DEVELOPER_DIR}.`);
+  await spawnAsync('sudo', ['xcode-select', '-s', XCODE_DEVELOPER_DIR], {
+    env,
+    logger,
+    stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'pipe'],
+  });
+}
+
 const TurnIceServersResponseSchema = z.object({
   data: z.object({
     iceServers: TurnIceServersSchema,