diff --git a/stone/backends/swift_client.py b/stone/backends/swift_client.py
index 85adebd2..69a30eb5 100644
--- a/stone/backends/swift_client.py
+++ b/stone/backends/swift_client.py
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ def generate(self, api):
 
         self._generate_client(api)
         self._generate_request_boxes(api)
-        if not self.args.objc:
+        if not self.args.objc and not self.args.objc_shim:
             self._generate_reconnection_helpers(api)
 
     # Argument cast when mapping a legacy objc route to an objc route
diff --git a/stone/backends/swift_types.py b/stone/backends/swift_types.py
index 130cc1c3..44434292 100644
--- a/stone/backends/swift_types.py
+++ b/stone/backends/swift_types.py
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class SwiftTypesBackend(SwiftBaseBackend):
     cmdline_parser = _cmdline_parser
     def generate(self, api):
         rsrc_folder = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'swift_rsrc')
-        if not self.args.objc:
+        if not self.args.objc and not self.args.objc_shim:
             self.logger.info('Copying StoneValidators.swift to output folder')
             shutil.copy(os.path.join(rsrc_folder, 'StoneValidators.swift'),
                         self.target_folder_path)