diff --git a/.github/workflows/android-app.yml b/.github/workflows/android-app.yml
index 9d1d4fdf23a4..74e1fd3ee7de 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/android-app.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/android-app.yml
@@ -159,16 +159,16 @@ jobs:
         include:
           - arch: "x86_64"
             abi: "x86_64"
-            taskVariant: "X86_64"
+            task-variant: "X86_64"
           - arch: "i686"
             abi: "x86"
-            taskVariant: "X86"
+            task-variant: "X86"
           - arch: "aarch64"
             abi: "arm64-v8a"
-            taskVariant: "Arm64"
+            task-variant: "Arm64"
           - arch: "armv7"
             abi: "armeabi-v7a"
-            taskVariant: "Arm"
+            task-variant: "Arm"
     steps:
       # Fix for HOME path overridden by GH runners when building in containers, see:
       # https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/863
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: burrunan/gradle-cache-action@v1
         with:
           job-id: jdk17
-          arguments: cargoBuild${{ matrix.taskVariant }}
+          arguments: cargoBuild${{ matrix.task-variant }}
           gradle-version: wrapper
           build-root-directory: android
           execution-only-caches: false
diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle.kts b/android/app/build.gradle.kts
index 8ba2a272bf2a..0eb5511f0a88 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -295,7 +295,6 @@ cargo {
             add("--locked")
         }
     }
-    exec = { spec, _ -> println(spec.commandLine) }
 }
 
 tasks.register<Exec>("generateRelayList") {
@@ -313,13 +312,8 @@ tasks.register<Exec>("generateRelayList") {
         val output = standardOutput as ByteArrayOutputStream
         // Create file if needed
         File("$extraAssetsDirectory").mkdirs()
-        File("$extraAssetsDirectory/relays.json").createNewFile()
-        FileOutputStream("$extraAssetsDirectory/relays.json").use { it.write(output.toByteArray()) }
-
-        // Old ensure exists tasks
-        if (!relayListPath.exists()) {
-            throw GradleException("Failed to generate relay list")
-        }
+        relayListPath.createNewFile()
+        FileOutputStream(relayListPath).use { it.write(output.toByteArray()) }
     }
 }
 
@@ -333,14 +327,16 @@ if(gradleLocalProperties(rootProject.projectDir, providers)
     tasks["clean"].dependsOn("cargoClean")
 }
 
+// This is a hack and will not work correctly under all scenarios.
+// See DROID-1696 for how we can improve this.
 fun isReleaseBuild() =
     gradle.startParameter.getTaskNames().any { it.contains("release", ignoreCase = true) }
 
 fun isAlphaOrDevBuild() : Boolean {
     val localProperties = gradleLocalProperties(rootProject.projectDir, providers)
     val versionName = generateVersionName(localProperties)
-    return versionName.contains("dev", ignoreCase = true) ||
-        versionName.contains("alpha", ignoreCase = true)
+    return versionName.contains("dev") ||
+        versionName.contains("alpha")
 }
 
 androidComponents {
diff --git a/android/build-apk.sh b/android/build-apk.sh
index 770aa2d80622..43dc034ff81c 100755
--- a/android/build-apk.sh
+++ b/android/build-apk.sh
@@ -52,17 +52,12 @@ if [[ "$BUILD_TYPE" == "release" ]]; then
         BUNDLE_TASKS+=(createPlayDevmoleReleaseDistBundle createPlayStagemoleReleaseDistBundle)
     elif [[ "$PRODUCT_VERSION" == *"-alpha"* ]]; then
         echo "Removing old Rust build artifacts"
-        cargo clean
         GRADLE_TASKS+=(createPlayStagemoleReleaseDistApk)
         BUNDLE_TASKS+=(createPlayStagemoleReleaseDistBundle)
         PLAY_PUBLISH_TASKS=(publishPlayStagemoleReleaseBundle)
-    else
-        cargo clean
     fi
 fi
 
-pushd "$SCRIPT_DIR"
-
 # Fallback to the system-wide gradle command if the gradlew script is removed.
 # It is removed by the F-Droid build process before the build starts.
 if [ -f "gradlew" ]; then
@@ -76,7 +71,6 @@ else
 fi
 
 $GRADLE_CMD --console plain clean
-popd
 
 $GRADLE_CMD --console plain "${GRADLE_TASKS[@]}"
 
diff --git a/android/build.gradle.kts b/android/build.gradle.kts
index 522e4cd7042d..b43f4fec860d 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/android/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ plugins {
 
     alias(libs.plugins.detekt) apply true
     alias(libs.plugins.dependency.versions) apply true
-
 }
 
 buildscript {
diff --git a/wireguard-go-rs/build.rs b/wireguard-go-rs/build.rs
index d4d6a73415f9..515f2579b8f8 100644
--- a/wireguard-go-rs/build.rs
+++ b/wireguard-go-rs/build.rs
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ fn build_android_dynamic_lib(daita: bool) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     // or if the libwg.so file has been changed. The latter is required since the
     // libwg.so file could be deleted. It however means that this build will need
     // to run two times before it is properly cached.
+    // FIXME: Figure out a way to do this better. This is tracked in DROID-1697.
     println!(
         "cargo::rerun-if-changed={}",
         android_output_path(target)?.join("libwg.so").display()
@@ -232,7 +233,8 @@ fn android_move_binary(binary: &Path, output: &Path) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     std::fs::create_dir_all(parent_of_output)?;
 
     let mut copy_command = Command::new("cp");
-    // P command is required to not rebuild this module everytime
+    // -p command is required to preserve ownership and timestamp of the file to prevent a
+    // rebuild of this module everytime.
     copy_command
         .arg("-p")
         .arg(binary.to_str().unwrap())