diff --git a/msbuild/Xamarin.iOS.Tasks.Core/Tasks/CompileAppManifestTaskBase.cs b/msbuild/Xamarin.iOS.Tasks.Core/Tasks/CompileAppManifestTaskBase.cs
index 34ee4d952e96..6816f6b3e227 100644
--- a/msbuild/Xamarin.iOS.Tasks.Core/Tasks/CompileAppManifestTaskBase.cs
+++ b/msbuild/Xamarin.iOS.Tasks.Core/Tasks/CompileAppManifestTaskBase.cs
@@ -177,13 +177,6 @@ bool Compile (PDictionary plist)
 
 			SetDeviceFamily (plist);
 
-			if (IsWatchExtension) {
-				PObject capabilities;
-
-				if (!plist.TryGetValue (ManifestKeys.UIRequiredDeviceCapabilities, out capabilities))
-					plist[ManifestKeys.UIRequiredDeviceCapabilities] = capabilities = new PArray ();
-			}
-
 			plist.SetIfNotPresent (ManifestKeys.MinimumOSVersion, minimumOSVersion.ToString ());
 
 			// Remove any Xamarin Studio specific keys