cordova-ios build failure: "TypeError: Cannot read property 'trim' of undefined"

MEDIC LOG Thu, 21 Apr 2016 18:00:11 GMT]     cordova run --list --emulator | grep ^iPhone | tail -n1
/Users/buildbot/slaves/apache/cordova-ios/cordova-medic/lib/util.js:102
        var version = split[1].trim();
                              ^
TypeError: Cannot read property 'trim' of undefined
    at Object.getSimId (/Users/buildbot/slaves/apache/cordova-ios/cordova-medic/lib/util.js:102:31)
    at MedicIOSPermissions.updatePermissions (/Users/buildbot/slaves/apache/cordova-ios/cordova-medic/lib/medicIOSPermissions.js:18:35)
    at iOSSpecificPreparation (/Users/buildbot/slaves/apache/cordova-ios/cordova-medic/medic/medic-run.js:263:20)
    at /Users/buildbot/slaves/apache/cordova-ios/cordova-medic/medic/medic-run.js:394:28
    at Request._callback (/Users/buildbot/slaves/apache/cordova-ios/cordova-medic/medic/medic-run.js:309:13)
    at Request.self.callback (/Users/buildbot/slaves/apache/cordova-ios/cordova-medic/node_modules/request/request.js:368:22)
    at Request.emit (events.js:110:17)
    at Request.<anonymous> (/Users/buildbot/slaves/apache/cordova-ios/cordova-medic/node_modules/request/request.js:1219:14)
    at Request.emit (events.js:129:20)
    at IncomingMessage.<anonymous> (/Users/buildbot/slaves/apache/cordova-ios/cordova-medic/node_modules/request/request.js:1167:12)
program finished with exit code 1
elapsedTime=2.282192