diff --git a/ndk/build.gradle.kts b/ndk/build.gradle.kts
index 5100f2ff8..4e9ded034 100644
--- a/ndk/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/ndk/build.gradle.kts
@@ -140,12 +140,10 @@ spotless {
     kotlin {
         target("**/*.kt")
         ktlint()
-        targetExclude("**/sentry-native/**")
     }
     kotlinGradle {
         target("**/*.kts")
         ktlint()
-        targetExclude("**/sentry-native/**")
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/ndk/detekt.yml b/ndk/detekt.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 49f91ae64..000000000
--- a/ndk/detekt.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-style:
-  ReturnCount:
-    max: 3
diff --git a/ndk/lib/build.gradle.kts b/ndk/lib/build.gradle.kts
index 182b47d88..f14ce9a72 100644
--- a/ndk/lib/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/ndk/lib/build.gradle.kts
@@ -78,14 +78,7 @@ android {
     lint {
         warningsAsErrors = true
         checkDependencies = true
-
-        // We run a full lint analysis as build part in CI, so skip vital checks for assemble tasks.
-        checkReleaseBuilds = false
-    }
-
-    // needed because of Kotlin 1.4.x
-    configurations.all {
-        resolutionStrategy.force("org.jetbrains:annotations:23.0.0")
+        checkReleaseBuilds = true
     }
 
     variantFilter {