diff --git a/tools/python/check_store_metadata.py b/tools/python/check_store_metadata.py
index 13157a9ac..0fe0531bf 100755
--- a/tools/python/check_store_metadata.py
+++ b/tools/python/check_store_metadata.py
@@ -104,11 +104,7 @@ GPLAY_LOCALES = [
 
 # From a Fastline error message and https://help.apple.com/app-store-connect/#/dev997f9cf7c
 APPSTORE_LOCALES = [
-    "ar-SA", "ca", "cs", "da", "de-DE", "el", "en-AU", "en-CA",
-    "en-GB", "en-US", "es-ES", "es-MX", "fi", "fr-CA", "fr-FR",
-    "he", "hi", "hr", "hu", "id", "it", "ja", "ko", "ms", "nl-NL",
-    "no", "pl", "pt-BR", "pt-PT", "ro", "ru", "sk", "sv", "th", "tr",
-    "uk", "vi", "zh-Hans", "zh-Hant"
+    "ar-SA", "ca", "cs", "da", "de-DE", "el", "en-AU", "en-CA", "en-GB", "en-US", "es-ES", "es-MX", "fi", "fr-CA", "fr-FR", "he", "hi", "hr", "hu", "id", "it", "ja", "ko", "ms", "nl-NL", "no", "pl", "pt-BR", "pt-PT", "ro", "ru", "sk", "sv", "th", "tr", "uk", "vi", "zh-Hans", "zh-Hant"
 ]
 
 def error(path, message, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -121,32 +117,34 @@ def done(path, ok):
         print("✅", path)
     return ok
 
-def check_raw(path, max_length):
+def check_raw(path, max_length, ignoreEmptyFilesAndNewLines=False):
     ok = True
     with open(path, 'r') as f:
         text = f.read()
-        if not text:
-            ok = error(path, "empty")
-        elif text[-1] == os.linesep:
-            text = text[:-1]
-        else:
-            ok = error(path, "missing new line")
+        if not ignoreEmptyFilesAndNewLines:
+            if not text:
+                ok = error(path, "empty")
+            elif text[-1] == os.linesep:
+                text = text[:-1]
+            else:
+                ok = error(path, "missing new line")
+        
         cur_length = len(text)
         if cur_length > max_length:
             ok = error(path, "too long: got={}, expected={}", cur_length, max_length)
         return ok, text
 
-def check_text(path, max, optional=False):
+def check_text(path, max, optional=False, ignoreEmptyFilesAndNewLines=False):
     try:
-        return done(path, check_raw(path, max)[0])
+        return done(path, check_raw(path, max, ignoreEmptyFilesAndNewLines)[0])
     except FileNotFoundError as e:
         if optional:
             return True,
         print("🚫", path)
         return False,
 
-def check_url(path,):
-    (ok, url) = check_raw(path, 500)
+def check_url(path, ignoreEmptyFilesAndNewLines=False):
+    (ok, url) = check_raw(path, 500, ignoreEmptyFilesAndNewLines)
     url = urlparse(url)
     if not url.scheme in ('https', 'http'):
         ok = error(path, "invalid URL: {}", url)
@@ -191,40 +189,26 @@ def check_android():
 
 def check_ios():
     ok = True
-    for locale in APPSTORE_LOCALES:
-        locale_dir = os.path.join('iphone', 'metadata', locale)
-        english_dir = os.path.join('iphone', 'metadata', 'en-US')
-        overlay_dir = os.path.join('keywords', 'ios', locale)
-        if not os.path.isdir(locale_dir):
-            os.mkdir(locale_dir)
-        for name in ["name.txt", "subtitle.txt", "promotional_text.txt",
-                        "description.txt", "release_notes.txt", "keywords.txt",
-                        "support_url.txt", "marketing_url.txt", "privacy_url.txt"]:
-            overlay_path = os.path.join(overlay_dir, name)
-            english_path = os.path.join(english_dir, name)
-            target_path = os.path.join(locale_dir, name)
-            if os.path.exists(overlay_path):
-                shutil.copy(overlay_path, target_path)
-            elif os.path.exists(english_path) and not os.path.exists(target_path):
-                shutil.copy(english_path, target_path)
-
     for locale in glob.glob('iphone/metadata/*/'):
         if locale.split('/')[-2] not in APPSTORE_LOCALES:
             ok = error(locale, "unsupported locale") and ok
             continue
-        ok = check_text(locale + "name.txt", 30) and ok
-        ok = check_text(locale + "subtitle.txt", 30) and ok
-        ok = check_text(locale + "promotional_text.txt", 170) and ok
-        ok = check_text(locale + "description.txt", 4000) and ok
-        ok = check_text(locale + "release_notes.txt", 4000) and ok
-        ok = check_text(locale + "keywords.txt", 100, True) and ok
-        ok = check_url(locale + "support_url.txt") and ok
-        ok = check_url(locale + "marketing_url.txt") and ok
-        ok = check_url(locale + "privacy_url.txt") and ok
-    for locale in glob.glob('keywords/ios/*/'):
-        if locale.split('/')[-2] not in APPSTORE_LOCALES:
-            ok = error(locale, "unsupported locale") and ok
-            continue
+        
+        locale_complete = True
+        for name in ["description.txt", "keywords.txt", "marketing_url.txt", "privacy_url.txt", "subtitle.txt", "support_url.txt"]:
+            name_path = os.path.join(locale, name)
+            if not os.path.exists(name_path):
+                locale_complete = False
+        
+        if locale_complete:
+            ok = check_text(locale + "subtitle.txt", 30, False, True) and ok
+            ok = check_text(locale + "description.txt", 4000, False, True) and ok
+            ok = check_text(locale + "release_notes.txt", 4000, True, True) and ok
+            ok = check_text(locale + "keywords.txt", 100, False, True) and ok
+            ok = check_url(locale + "support_url.txt", True) and ok
+            ok = check_url(locale + "marketing_url.txt", True) and ok
+            ok = check_url(locale + "privacy_url.txt", True) and ok
+        
     return ok
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":