diff --git a/react-native-ios-utilities.podspec b/react-native-ios-utilities.podspec
index 887db11..609ca82 100644
--- a/react-native-ios-utilities.podspec
+++ b/react-native-ios-utilities.podspec
@@ -28,7 +28,11 @@ use_hermes = ENV['USE_HERMES'] == nil || ENV['USE_HERMES'] == '1'
 fabric_enabled = ENV['RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED'] == '1'
 
 folly_version = '2022.05.16.00'
-folly_compiler_flags = get_folly_config()[:compiler_flags]
+folly_compiler_flags = (get_folly_config()[:compiler_flags] || '').strip
+base_flags = "-DREACT_NATIVE_TARGET_VERSION=#{reactNativeTargetVersion}"
+
+compiler_flags = base_flags.dup
+
 
 linkage = ENV['USE_FRAMEWORKS']
 reactNativeTargetVersionOverride = ENV['REACT_NATIVE_TARGET_VERSION']
@@ -47,7 +51,9 @@ if reactNativeTargetVersionOverride
 end
 
 fabric_compiler_flags = '-DRN_FABRIC_ENABLED -DRCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED'
-compiler_flags = folly_compiler_flags + ' ' + "-DREACT_NATIVE_TARGET_VERSION=#{reactNativeTargetVersion}"
+if ENV['RCT_USE_RN_DEP'] != '1'
+  compiler_flags = [folly_compiler_flags, base_flags].reject(&:empty?).join(' ')
+end
 
 if use_hermes
   compiler_flags << ' -DUSE_HERMES'
@@ -165,7 +171,9 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
 
   if fabric_enabled
     s.dependency 'React-RCTFabric'
-    s.dependency 'RCT-Folly', folly_version
+    if ENV['RCT_USE_RN_DEP'] != '1'
+      s.dependency 'RCT-Folly', folly_version
+    end
   end
 
   s.dependency 'DGSwiftUtilities', '~> 0.46'