diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-sample-app-for-sdk-release.yml b/.github/workflows/build-sample-app-for-sdk-release.yml
index 94015a68..c89d633e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-sample-app-for-sdk-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-sample-app-for-sdk-release.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: MBL-553-build-sample-app-for-sdk-release
-          fetch-depth: 0  # fetches all history for all tags and branches
+          fetch-depth: 0 # Workaround for bug https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/1471
 
       - name: Get latest SDK version
         id: latest-sdk-version-step
@@ -22,17 +22,12 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-android
 
-      # CLI to replace strings in files. The CLI recommends using `cargo install` which is slow. This Action is fast because it downloads pre-built binaries.
-      # If using sd on macos, "brew install" works great. for Linux, this is the recommended way.
-      - name: Install sd CLI to use later in the workflow
-        # uses: kenji-miyake/setup-sd@v1
-        uses: levibostian/setup-sd@add-file-extension # Using fork until upstream Action has bug fixed in it.
-
-      - name: Install tools from Gemfile (ruby language) used for building our apps with
+      - name: Install Ruby used by Fastlane
         uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
         with:
           ruby-version: '3.0'
-          bundler-cache: true # cache tools to make builds faster in future
+          bundler-cache: true
+
       - name: Setup local.properties file for sample app
         env:
           SDK_VERSION: ${{ steps.latest-sdk-version-step.outputs.LATEST_TAG }}
@@ -42,9 +37,6 @@ jobs:
           echo "siteId=${{ secrets.CUSTOMERIO_JAVA_WORKSPACE_SITE_ID }}" >> "samples/local.properties"
           echo "sdkVersion=${{ env.SDK_VERSION }}" >> "samples/local.properties"
 
-      - name: Dump GitHub Action metadata because Fastlane uses it. Viewing it here helps debug JSON parsing code in Firebase.
-        run: cat $GITHUB_EVENT_PATH
-
       - name: Deploy development build via Fastlane
         uses: maierj/fastlane-action@v3.1.0
         with:
diff --git a/samples/fastlane/Fastfile b/samples/fastlane/Fastfile
index 778dafb8..f5b05df6 100644
--- a/samples/fastlane/Fastfile
+++ b/samples/fastlane/Fastfile
@@ -69,8 +69,6 @@ platform :android do
      test_groups = 'public'
      app_package_name = 'io.customer.android.sample.java_layout'
 
-     # Modify the source code with the new app version and build number before we compile the Android app. This is a good idea to do to make installing builds on a test device easier.
-     # The Android OS might give errors when trying to install a build of an app if the app is already installed on the device. Having unique build number or app version can avoid those errors.
      android_set_version_name(
        version_name: new_app_version,
        gradle_file: path_to_app_gradle_file
@@ -83,7 +81,7 @@ platform :android do
      build_android_app(
        task: ":samples:java_layout:assemble",
        build_type: 'Release',
-       gradle_path: '../../gradlew' # path to root directory of the SDK. Where gradlew is located
+       gradle_path: '../../gradlew'
      )
 
      # function 'setup_google_bucket_access' is a re-usable function inside of apple-code-signing Fastfile that we imported.