diff --git a/bazel/grpc_build_system.bzl b/bazel/grpc_build_system.bzl
index 36dd22151e2..190904657f5 100644
--- a/bazel/grpc_build_system.bzl
+++ b/bazel/grpc_build_system.bzl
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ load("//bazel:cc_grpc_library.bzl", "cc_grpc_library")
 load("//bazel:copts.bzl", "GRPC_DEFAULT_COPTS")
 load("@upb//bazel:upb_proto_library.bzl", "upb_proto_library", "upb_proto_reflection_library")
 load("@build_bazel_rules_apple//apple:ios.bzl", "ios_unit_test")
+load("@build_bazel_rules_apple//apple/testing/default_runner:ios_test_runner.bzl", "ios_test_runner")
 
 # The set of pollers to test against if a test exercises polling
 POLLERS = ["epollex", "epoll1", "poll"]
@@ -230,26 +231,32 @@ def ios_cc_test(
       tags: The tags to apply to the test.
       **kwargs: All other arguments to apply.
     """
-    ios_test_adapter = "//third_party/objective_c/google_toolbox_for_mac:GTM_GoogleTestRunner_GTM_USING_XCTEST"
-
     test_lib_ios = name + "_test_lib_ios"
     ios_tags = tags + ["manual", "ios_cc_test"]
+    test_runner = "ios_x86_64_sim_runner_" + name
+    ios_test_runner(
+        name = test_runner,
+        device_type = "iPhone X",
+    )
     if not any([t for t in tags if t.startswith("no_test_ios")]):
         native.objc_library(
             name = test_lib_ios,
             srcs = kwargs.get("srcs"),
             deps = kwargs.get("deps"),
             copts = kwargs.get("copts"),
+            data = kwargs.get("data"),
             tags = ios_tags,
             alwayslink = 1,
             testonly = 1,
         )
-        ios_test_deps = [ios_test_adapter, ":" + test_lib_ios]
+        ios_test_deps = [":" + test_lib_ios]
         ios_unit_test(
             name = name + "_on_ios",
             size = kwargs.get("size"),
+            data = kwargs.get("data"),
             tags = ios_tags,
             minimum_os_version = "9.0",
+            runner = test_runner,
             deps = ios_test_deps,
         )