diff --git a/sdk/communication/communication-administration/package.json b/sdk/communication/communication-administration/package.json
index 52986fa385d5..32f2f3cb9a83 100644
--- a/sdk/communication/communication-administration/package.json
+++ b/sdk/communication/communication-administration/package.json
@@ -126,10 +126,5 @@
     "sinon": "^9.0.2",
     "typescript": "4.1.2",
     "typedoc": "0.15.0"
-  },
-  "//smokeTestConfiguration": {
-    "skip": [
-      "releasePhoneNumbers.js"
-    ]
   }
 }
diff --git a/sdk/communication/communication-administration/samples/javascript/README.md b/sdk/communication/communication-administration/samples/javascript/README.md
index 2317c29ec71c..3d8dc152534f 100644
--- a/sdk/communication/communication-administration/samples/javascript/README.md
+++ b/sdk/communication/communication-administration/samples/javascript/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ These sample programs show how to use the JavaScript client libraries for Azure
 | [issueToken.js][issuetoken]                   | uses the CommunicationIdentityClient to create a user and issue a token for this user                      |
 | [revokeTokens.js][revoketokens]               | uses the CommunicationIdentityClient to create a user, issue tokens for this user, and revoke these tokens |
 | [purchasePhoneNumber.js][purchasephonenumber] | uses the PhoneNumberAdministrationClient to purchase a phone number                                        |
-| [releasePhoneNumbers.js][releasephonenumbers] | uses the PhoneNumberAdministrationClient to release all phone numbers that match certain criteria          |
+| [releasePhoneNumbers.js][releasephonenumbers] | uses the PhoneNumberAdministrationClient to release phone numbers                                          |
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
diff --git a/sdk/communication/communication-administration/samples/javascript/releasePhoneNumbers.js b/sdk/communication/communication-administration/samples/javascript/releasePhoneNumbers.js
index c76d6aa07a6d..6d72c6c28c1f 100644
--- a/sdk/communication/communication-administration/samples/javascript/releasePhoneNumbers.js
+++ b/sdk/communication/communication-administration/samples/javascript/releasePhoneNumbers.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 /**
  * Demonstrates how to us the PhoneNumberAdministrationClient
- * to release phone numbers that have been acquired.
+ * to release phone numbers.
  */
 
 const { PhoneNumberAdministrationClient } = require("@azure/communication-administration");
@@ -22,44 +22,16 @@ async function main() {
   // create an instance of PhoneNumberAdministrationClient
   const phoneNumberClient = new PhoneNumberAdministrationClient(connectionString);
 
-  console.log("Getting acquired phone numbers.");
+  // Release a phone numbers
+  const releasePoller = await phoneNumberClient.beginReleasePhoneNumbers([
+    "+14125550100",
+    "+14125550101"
+  ]);
+  console.log("Releasing phone numbers...");
 
-  // get the list of acquired phone numbers
-  const phoneNumbers = await phoneNumberClient.listPhoneNumbers();
-  const phoneNumbersToRelease = [];
+  await releasePoller.pollUntilDone();
 
-  console.log("Searching for phone numbers to release.");
-
-  // get toll free phone numbers with the sms outbound (A2P) capability as their only capability
-  // we will release these
-  for await (const acquired of phoneNumbers) {
-    if (
-      acquired.acquiredCapabilities.length === 4 &&
-      acquired.acquiredCapabilities.includes("Azure") &&
-      acquired.acquiredCapabilities.includes("ThirdPartyAppAssignment") &&
-      acquired.acquiredCapabilities.includes("TollFree") &&
-      acquired.acquiredCapabilities.includes("OutboundA2PSms")
-    ) {
-      phoneNumbersToRelease.push(acquired.phoneNumber);
-      break;
-    }
-  }
-
-  console.log(`Found ${phoneNumbersToRelease.length} phone number(s) to release.`);
-
-  if (phoneNumbersToRelease.length) {
-    // create release poller
-    const releasePoller = await phoneNumberClient.beginReleasePhoneNumbers(phoneNumbersToRelease);
-
-    console.log("Releasing phone numbers.");
-
-    // poll until phone numbers are released.
-    await releasePoller.pollUntilDone();
-
-    console.log("Phone numbers released successfully.");
-  } else {
-    throw new Error("Did not find any phone numbers to release.");
-  }
+  console.log("Release succeeded.");
 }
 
 main().catch((error) => {
diff --git a/sdk/communication/communication-administration/samples/typescript/README.md b/sdk/communication/communication-administration/samples/typescript/README.md
index 164a83f1acab..e4acfe67bc9a 100644
--- a/sdk/communication/communication-administration/samples/typescript/README.md
+++ b/sdk/communication/communication-administration/samples/typescript/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ These sample programs show how to use the TypeScript client libraries for Azure
 | [issueToken.ts][issuetoken]                   | uses the CommunicationIdentityClient to create a user and issue a token for this user                      |
 | [revokeTokens.ts][revoketokens]               | uses the CommunicationIdentityClient to create a user, issue tokens for this user, and revoke these tokens |
 | [purchasePhoneNumber.ts][purchasephonenumber] | uses the PhoneNumberAdministrationClient to purchase a phone number                                        |
-| [releasePhoneNumbers.ts][releasephonenumbers] | uses the PhoneNumberAdministrationClient to release all phone numbers that match certain criteria          |
+| [releasePhoneNumbers.ts][releasephonenumbers] | uses the PhoneNumberAdministrationClient to release phone numbers.                                         |
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
diff --git a/sdk/communication/communication-administration/samples/typescript/src/releasePhoneNumbers.ts b/sdk/communication/communication-administration/samples/typescript/src/releasePhoneNumbers.ts
index b1a5f19a3689..acb17b40e5dd 100644
--- a/sdk/communication/communication-administration/samples/typescript/src/releasePhoneNumbers.ts
+++ b/sdk/communication/communication-administration/samples/typescript/src/releasePhoneNumbers.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 /**
  * Demonstrates how to us the PhoneNumberAdministrationClient
- * to release phone numbers that have been acquired.
+ * to release phone numbers.
  */
 
 import { PhoneNumberAdministrationClient } from "@azure/communication-administration";
@@ -22,43 +22,16 @@ export const main = async () => {
   // create an instance of PhoneNumberAdministrationClient
   const phoneNumberClient = new PhoneNumberAdministrationClient(connectionString);
 
-  console.log("Getting acquired phone numbers.");
+  // Release a phone numbers
+  const releasePoller = await phoneNumberClient.beginReleasePhoneNumbers([
+    "+14125550100",
+    "+14125550101"
+  ]);
+  console.log("Releasing phone numbers...");
 
-  // get the list of acquired phone numbers
-  const phoneNumbers = await phoneNumberClient.listPhoneNumbers();
-  const phoneNumbersToRelease: string[] = [];
+  await releasePoller.pollUntilDone();
 
-  console.log("Searching for phone numbers to release.");
-
-  // get toll free phone numbers with the sms outbound (A2P) capability as their only capability
-  // we will release these
-  for await (const acquired of phoneNumbers) {
-    if (
-      acquired.acquiredCapabilities.length === 4 &&
-      acquired.acquiredCapabilities.includes("Azure") &&
-      acquired.acquiredCapabilities.includes("ThirdPartyAppAssignment") &&
-      acquired.acquiredCapabilities.includes("TollFree") &&
-      acquired.acquiredCapabilities.includes("OutboundA2PSms")
-    ) {
-      phoneNumbersToRelease.push(acquired.phoneNumber);
-    }
-  }
-
-  console.log(`Found ${phoneNumbersToRelease.length} phone number(s) to release.`);
-
-  if (phoneNumbersToRelease.length) {
-    // create release poller
-    const releasePoller = await phoneNumberClient.beginReleasePhoneNumbers(phoneNumbersToRelease);
-
-    console.log("Releasing phone numbers.");
-
-    // poll until phone numbers are released.
-    await releasePoller.pollUntilDone();
-
-    console.log("Phone numbers released successfully.");
-  } else {
-    throw new Error("Did not find any phone numbers to release.");
-  }
+  console.log("Release succeeded.");
 };
 
 main().catch((error) => {