diff --git a/pkgs/ffigen/pubspec.yaml b/pkgs/ffigen/pubspec.yaml
index 05133f14ca..ab4e61b602 100644
--- a/pkgs/ffigen/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/ffigen/pubspec.yaml
@@ -52,3 +52,8 @@ dependency_overrides:
     path: ../native_toolchain_c
   objective_c:
     path: ../objective_c
+
+hooks:
+  user_defines:
+    objective_c:
+      include_test_utils: true
diff --git a/pkgs/objective_c/CHANGELOG.md b/pkgs/objective_c/CHANGELOG.md
index 2c488f51e6..10c557a39b 100644
--- a/pkgs/objective_c/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/pkgs/objective_c/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   Objective-C.
 - Fix a [bug](https://github.com/dart-lang/native/issues/3290) where missing
   debug symbols caused app store valiadtion warnings.
+- Removed some test-only utilities from the release dylib (fixes [#2999](https://github.com/dart-lang/native/issues/2999)).
 
 ## 9.3.0
 - `autoReleasePool` now returns the value produced by its callback.
diff --git a/pkgs/objective_c/hook/build.dart b/pkgs/objective_c/hook/build.dart
index 0d9d420f4a..acc908c1c4 100644
--- a/pkgs/objective_c/hook/build.dart
+++ b/pkgs/objective_c/hook/build.dart
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@ const objCFlags = ['-x', 'objective-c', '-fobjc-arc'];
 
 const assetName = 'objective_c.dylib';
 
-// TODO(https://github.com/dart-lang/native/issues/2272): Remove this from the
-// main build.
-const testFiles = ['test/util.c'];
-
 final logger = Logger('')
   ..level = Level.INFO
   ..onRecord.listen((record) {
@@ -59,13 +55,10 @@ void main(List<String> args) async {
       }
     }
 
-    // Only include the test utils on mac OS. They use memory functions that
-    // aren't supported on iOS, like mach_vm_region. We don't need them on iOS
-    // anyway since we only run memory tests on mac.
-    if (os == OS.macOS) {
-      cFiles.addAll(
-        testFiles.map((f) => input.packageRoot.resolve(f).toFilePath()),
-      );
+    final includeTestUtils =
+        input.userDefines['include_test_utils'] as bool? ?? false;
+    if (includeTestUtils) {
+      cFiles.add(input.packageRoot.resolve('test/util.c').toFilePath());
     }
 
     final sysroot = sdkPath(codeConfig);
diff --git a/pkgs/objective_c/pubspec.yaml b/pkgs/objective_c/pubspec.yaml
index b2c36821c3..0ce8d405ba 100644
--- a/pkgs/objective_c/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/objective_c/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2024, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
 # for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
 # BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
 name: objective_c
 description: 'A library to access Objective C from Flutter that acts as a support library for package:ffigen.'
 version: 9.4.0-wip
@@ -45,3 +44,8 @@ dependency_overrides:
     path: ../hooks
   native_toolchain_c:
     path: ../native_toolchain_c
+
+hooks:
+  user_defines:
+    objective_c:
+      include_test_utils: true
diff --git a/pkgs/objective_c/test/hook_build_path_test.dart b/pkgs/objective_c/test/hook_build_path_test.dart
index ee08fe490f..885b661f9c 100644
--- a/pkgs/objective_c/test/hook_build_path_test.dart
+++ b/pkgs/objective_c/test/hook_build_path_test.dart
@@ -100,9 +100,12 @@ exit 0
       }
 
       final logLines = File(compilerLog).readAsLinesSync();
-      final decodedUtil = '$symlinkPath/test/util.c';
-      expect(logLines, contains(decodedUtil));
+      final decodedSrc = '$symlinkPath/src/objective_c.c';
+      expect(logLines, contains(decodedSrc));
       expect(logLines.any((line) => line.contains('%2547')), isFalse);
+
+      final decodedUtil = '$symlinkPath/test/util.c';
+      expect(logLines, isNot(contains(decodedUtil)));
     },
     skip: !Platform.isMacOS ? 'Requires macOS' : null,
   );
diff --git a/pkgs/objective_c/test/util.dart b/pkgs/objective_c/test/util.dart
index d0300e8eb3..c946a2a5bc 100644
--- a/pkgs/objective_c/test/util.dart
+++ b/pkgs/objective_c/test/util.dart
@@ -32,12 +32,17 @@ void doGC() {
   calloc.free(gcNow);
 }
 
-@Native<Int Function(Pointer<Void>)>(isLeaf: true, symbol: 'isReadableMemory')
+@Native<Int Function(Pointer<Void>)>(
+  isLeaf: true,
+  symbol: 'isReadableMemory',
+  assetId: 'package:objective_c/objective_c.dylib',
+)
 external int _isReadableMemory(Pointer<Void> ptr);
 
 @Native<Uint64 Function(Pointer<Void>)>(
   isLeaf: true,
   symbol: 'getObjectRetainCount',
+  assetId: 'package:objective_c/objective_c.dylib',
 )
 external int _getObjectRetainCount(Pointer<Void> object);