diff --git a/ios/BUILD.gn b/ios/BUILD.gn
index b749d5be09acb3..a3fe9d4b0799f1 100644
--- a/ios/BUILD.gn
+++ b/ios/BUILD.gn
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ group("all") {
     deps = [ "//components/cronet/ios:cronet_package_ios" ]
   } else if (is_webkit_only_build) {
     deps = [ "//ios/third_party/webkit" ]
-  } else {
+  } else if (ios_build_chrome) {
     deps = [
       # List all the targets that need to be built on iOS by default.
       "//ios/chrome/app:chrome",
diff --git a/ios/build/bots/chromium.webrtc.fyi/WebRTC Chromium FYI ios-device.json b/ios/build/bots/chromium.webrtc.fyi/WebRTC Chromium FYI ios-device.json
index fee62969668c03..7f6c4f155c6537 100644
--- a/ios/build/bots/chromium.webrtc.fyi/WebRTC Chromium FYI ios-device.json	
+++ b/ios/build/bots/chromium.webrtc.fyi/WebRTC Chromium FYI ios-device.json	
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   "gn_args": [
     "enable_run_ios_unittests_with_xctest=true",
     "goma_dir=\"$(goma_dir)\"",
+    "ios_build_chrome=false",
     "ios_enable_code_signing=false",
     "ios_set_attributes_for_xcode_project_generation=false",
     "ios_use_goma_rbe=true",
diff --git a/ios/build/bots/chromium.webrtc.fyi/WebRTC Chromium FYI ios-simulator.json b/ios/build/bots/chromium.webrtc.fyi/WebRTC Chromium FYI ios-simulator.json
index d019de724f7b68..5b3f3323af0814 100644
--- a/ios/build/bots/chromium.webrtc.fyi/WebRTC Chromium FYI ios-simulator.json	
+++ b/ios/build/bots/chromium.webrtc.fyi/WebRTC Chromium FYI ios-simulator.json	
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   "gn_args": [
     "enable_run_ios_unittests_with_xctest=true",
     "goma_dir=\"$(goma_dir)\"",
+    "ios_build_chrome=false",
     "ios_enable_code_signing=false",
     "ios_set_attributes_for_xcode_project_generation=false",
     "ios_use_goma_rbe=true",
diff --git a/ios/features.gni b/ios/features.gni
index 610844020b5c61..3a220e69dec5ba 100644
--- a/ios/features.gni
+++ b/ios/features.gni
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ declare_args() {
   # WebKit for mac but incorrectly setting `target_os="ios"`.
   is_webkit_only_build = false
 
+  # Control whether //ios/chrome and //ios/web targets are build. This
+  # is used by bots from projects based on top of Chromium that want to
+  # only reuse shared code (//ios/net, //remoting/ios, ...).
+  ios_build_chrome = true
+
   # Controls whether universal links are blocked from opening native apps
   # when the user is browsing in off the record mode.
   block_universal_links_in_off_the_record_mode = true