withClerkAppleSignIn adds entitlement unconditionally — no opt-out

[davidtiede]

Bug report

Description

The withClerkAppleSignIn config plugin unconditionally adds the com.apple.developer.applesignin entitlement to the iOS entitlements plist. There's no way to disable this behavior.

This is a problem for apps that don't use Sign in with Apple — the entitlement requires a paid organization Apple Developer account and fails on personal developer accounts.

Expected behavior

The plugin should accept an option to disable Apple Sign In, e.g.:

["@clerk/expo", { appleSignIn: false }]

Workaround

We have a custom config plugin that removes the entitlement after Clerk adds it:

const { withEntitlementsPlist } = require('@expo/config-plugins');

const withRemoveAppleSignIn = (config) => {
  return withEntitlementsPlist(config, (modConfig) => {
    if (modConfig.modResults['com.apple.developer.applesignin']) {
      delete modConfig.modResults['com.apple.developer.applesignin'];
    }
    return modConfig;
  });
};

module.exports = withRemoveAppleSignIn;

Environment

• @clerk/expo: 3.1.2
• Expo SDK 55