diff --git a/Sources/Runestone/TextView/Core/TextView.swift b/Sources/Runestone/TextView/Core/TextView.swift
index b7d0b6fe..e21500ed 100644
--- a/Sources/Runestone/TextView/Core/TextView.swift
+++ b/Sources/Runestone/TextView/Core/TextView.swift
@@ -1234,10 +1234,12 @@ private extension TextView {
             isInputAccessoryViewEnabled = true
             textInputView.removeInteraction(nonEditableTextInteraction)
             textInputView.addInteraction(editableTextInteraction)
+            #if compiler(>=5.9)
             if #available(iOS 17, *) {
                 // Workaround a bug where the caret does not appear until the user taps again on iOS 17 (FB12622609).
                 textInputView.sbs_textSelectionDisplayInteraction?.isActivated = true
             }
+            #endif
         }
     }
 
@@ -1390,10 +1392,12 @@ extension TextView: TextInputViewDelegate {
             if !view.viewHierarchyContainsCaret && self.editableTextInteraction.view != nil {
                 view.removeInteraction(self.editableTextInteraction)
                 view.addInteraction(self.editableTextInteraction)
+                #if compiler(>=5.9)
                 if #available(iOS 17, *) {
                     self.textInputView.sbs_textSelectionDisplayInteraction?.isActivated = true
                     self.textInputView.sbs_textSelectionDisplayInteraction?.sbs_enableCursorBlinks()
                 }
+                #endif
             }
         }
     }