diff --git a/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/android/mod.rs b/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/android/mod.rs
index 002ed73ac..8ea6490d0 100644
--- a/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/android/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/android/mod.rs
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ enum Commands {
 }
 
 pub fn command(cli: Cli, verbosity: u8) -> Result<()> {
-  let dirs = crate::helpers::app_paths::resolve_dirs();
   let noise_level = NoiseLevel::from_occurrences(verbosity as u64);
   match cli.command {
     Commands::Init(options) => init_command(
@@ -113,7 +112,6 @@ pub fn command(cli: Cli, verbosity: u8) -> Result<()> {
       false,
       options.skip_targets_install,
       options.config,
-      &dirs,
     )?,
     Commands::Dev(options) => dev::command(options, noise_level)?,
     Commands::Build(options) => build::command(options, noise_level).map(|_| ())?,
diff --git a/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/init.rs b/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/init.rs
index 0a7324970..f187b9f12 100644
--- a/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/init.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/init.rs
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ pub fn command(
   reinstall_deps: bool,
   skip_targets_install: bool,
   config: Vec<ConfigValue>,
-  dirs: &Dirs,
 ) -> Result<()> {
+  let dirs = crate::helpers::app_paths::resolve_dirs();
   let wrapper = TextWrapper::default();
 
   exec(
@@ -45,14 +45,14 @@ pub fn command(
   Ok(())
 }
 
-pub fn exec(
+fn exec(
   target: Target,
   wrapper: &TextWrapper,
   #[allow(unused_variables)] non_interactive: bool,
   #[allow(unused_variables)] reinstall_deps: bool,
   skip_targets_install: bool,
   config: Vec<ConfigValue>,
-  dirs: &Dirs,
+  dirs: Dirs,
 ) -> Result<App> {
   let tauri_config = get_tauri_config(
     target.platform_target(),
diff --git a/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/ios/build.rs b/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/ios/build.rs
index 160e0995e..5ad7e58d5 100644
--- a/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/ios/build.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/ios/build.rs
@@ -167,7 +167,12 @@ pub struct BuiltApplication {
   options_handle: OptionsHandle,
 }
 
-pub fn command(options: Options, noise_level: NoiseLevel, dirs: &Dirs) -> Result<BuiltApplication> {
+pub fn command(options: Options, noise_level: NoiseLevel) -> Result<BuiltApplication> {
+  let dirs = crate::helpers::app_paths::resolve_dirs();
+  run(options, noise_level, &dirs)
+}
+
+pub fn run(options: Options, noise_level: NoiseLevel, dirs: &Dirs) -> Result<BuiltApplication> {
   let mut build_options: BuildOptions = options.clone().into();
   build_options.target = Some(
     Target::all()
diff --git a/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/ios/mod.rs b/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/ios/mod.rs
index 0590e772a..6c0e0af87 100644
--- a/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/ios/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/ios/mod.rs
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ enum Commands {
 
 pub fn command(cli: Cli, verbosity: u8) -> Result<()> {
   let noise_level = NoiseLevel::from_occurrences(verbosity as u64);
-  let dirs = crate::helpers::app_paths::resolve_dirs();
   match cli.command {
     Commands::Init(options) => init_command(
       MobileTarget::Ios,
@@ -110,10 +109,9 @@ pub fn command(cli: Cli, verbosity: u8) -> Result<()> {
       options.reinstall_deps,
       options.skip_targets_install,
       options.config,
-      &dirs,
     )?,
     Commands::Dev(options) => dev::command(options, noise_level)?,
-    Commands::Build(options) => build::command(options, noise_level, &dirs).map(|_| ())?,
+    Commands::Build(options) => build::command(options, noise_level).map(|_| ())?,
     Commands::Run(options) => run::command(options, noise_level)?,
     Commands::XcodeScript(options) => xcode_script::command(options)?,
   }
diff --git a/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/ios/run.rs b/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/ios/run.rs
index 6c75c5acc..0021ef868 100644
--- a/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/ios/run.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/ios/run.rs
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ pub fn command(options: Options, noise_level: NoiseLevel) -> Result<()> {
 
   let dirs = crate::helpers::app_paths::resolve_dirs();
 
-  let mut built_application = super::build::command(
+  let mut built_application = super::build::run(
     super::build::Options {
       debug: !options.release,
       targets: Some(vec![]), /* skips IPA build since there's no target */