The error was not the inclusion of the standard libs in the first place

Of course Swift CLI apps link statically

Author: martinpi

Tracery/Tracery.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj

@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@
 		B96DBFFF1E72B994008623B8 /* Debug */ = {
 			isa = XCBuildConfiguration;
 			buildSettings = {
-				ALWAYS_EMBED_SWIFT_STANDARD_LIBRARIES = YES;
+				ALWAYS_EMBED_SWIFT_STANDARD_LIBRARIES = NO;
 				CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY = "";
 				COMBINE_HIDPI_IMAGES = YES;
 				DEFINES_MODULE = YES;
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@
 		B96DC0001E72B994008623B8 /* Release */ = {
 			isa = XCBuildConfiguration;
 			buildSettings = {
-				ALWAYS_EMBED_SWIFT_STANDARD_LIBRARIES = YES;
+				ALWAYS_EMBED_SWIFT_STANDARD_LIBRARIES = NO;
 				CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY = "";
 				COMBINE_HIDPI_IMAGES = YES;
 				DEFINES_MODULE = YES;