diff --git a/tensorflow/lite/delegates/gpu/BUILD b/tensorflow/lite/delegates/gpu/BUILD
index bd47abe9057..4400a836191 100644
--- a/tensorflow/lite/delegates/gpu/BUILD
+++ b/tensorflow/lite/delegates/gpu/BUILD
@@ -74,13 +74,16 @@ cc_library(
     }) + tflite_extra_gles_deps(),
 )
 
-objc_library(
+cc_library(
     name = "metal_delegate",
-    srcs = ["metal_delegate.mm"],
+    srcs = ["metal_delegate.cc"],
     hdrs = ["metal_delegate.h"],
-    copts = ["-std=c++17"],
-    module_name = "TensorFlowLiteCMetal",
-    sdk_frameworks = ["Metal"],
+    copts = [
+        "-ObjC++",
+        "-std=c++17",
+        "-fobjc-arc",
+    ],
+    linkopts = ["-framework Metal"],
     deps = [
         "//tensorflow/lite:kernel_api",
         "//tensorflow/lite:minimal_logging",
@@ -103,14 +106,20 @@ objc_library(
         "@com_google_absl//absl/container:flat_hash_set",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/types:span",
     ],
+    alwayslink = 1,
 )
 
-objc_library(
+cc_library(
     name = "metal_delegate_internal",
     hdrs = ["metal_delegate_internal.h"],
-    copts = ["-std=c++17"],
-    sdk_frameworks = ["Metal"],
+    copts = [
+         "-ObjC++",
+         "-std=c++17",
+        "-fobjc-arc",
+    ],
+    linkopts = ["-framework Metal"],
     deps = ["//tensorflow/lite/delegates/gpu:metal_delegate"],
+    alwayslink = 1,
 )
 
 # build -c opt --config android_arm64 --copt -Os --copt -DTFLITE_GPU_BINARY_RELEASE --linkopt -s --strip always :libtensorflowlite_gpu_gl.so
diff --git a/tensorflow/lite/delegates/gpu/metal/BUILD b/tensorflow/lite/delegates/gpu/metal/BUILD
index 0c555a4e6b9..f66e51051c9 100644
--- a/tensorflow/lite/delegates/gpu/metal/BUILD
+++ b/tensorflow/lite/delegates/gpu/metal/BUILD
@@ -137,14 +137,15 @@ objc_library(
     ],
 )
 
-objc_library(
+cc_library(
     name = "inference_context",
     srcs = ["inference_context.cc"],
     hdrs = ["inference_context.h"],
     copts = DEFAULT_COPTS + [
         "-ObjC++",
+        "-fobjc-arc",
     ],
-    sdk_frameworks = ["Metal"],
+    linkopts = ["-framework Metal"],
     deps = [
         ":compute_task",
         ":inference_context_cc_fbs",
@@ -170,6 +171,7 @@ objc_library(
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/time",
     ],
+    alwayslink = 1,
 )
 
 flatbuffer_cc_library(
diff --git a/tensorflow/lite/delegates/gpu/metal_delegate.mm b/tensorflow/lite/delegates/gpu/metal_delegate.cc
similarity index 100%
rename from tensorflow/lite/delegates/gpu/metal_delegate.mm
rename to tensorflow/lite/delegates/gpu/metal_delegate.cc