diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/android/app/build.gradle b/packages/rn-tester/android/app/build.gradle
index eaf80010512..bd81d56577e 100644
--- a/packages/rn-tester/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -123,14 +123,6 @@ android {
         testBuildType System.getProperty('testBuildType', 'debug')  // This will later be used to control the test apk build type
         testInstrumentationRunner 'androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner'
     }
-    signingConfigs {
-        release {
-            storeFile file(MYAPP_RELEASE_STORE_FILE)
-            storePassword MYAPP_RELEASE_STORE_PASSWORD
-            keyAlias MYAPP_RELEASE_KEY_ALIAS
-            keyPassword MYAPP_RELEASE_KEY_PASSWORD
-        }
-    }
     externalNativeBuild {
         cmake {
             version cmakeVersion
@@ -145,15 +137,10 @@ android {
         }
     }
     buildTypes {
-        debug {
-            debuggable true
-            signingConfig signingConfigs.release
-        }
         release {
-            debuggable false
             minifyEnabled enableProguardInReleaseBuilds
-            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
-            signingConfig signingConfigs.release
+            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt')
+            signingConfig signingConfigs.debug
         }
     }
     sourceSets.main {
diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/android/app/gradle.properties b/packages/rn-tester/android/app/gradle.properties
index 838ca18c4c1..1d6bf975964 100644
--- a/packages/rn-tester/android/app/gradle.properties
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/android/app/gradle.properties
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 org.gradle.parallel=true
 # This is causing issue with dependencies task: https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/9645#issuecomment-530746758
 # org.gradle.configureondemand=true
-MYAPP_RELEASE_STORE_FILE=my-release-key.keystore
-MYAPP_RELEASE_KEY_ALIAS=androiddebugkey
-MYAPP_RELEASE_STORE_PASSWORD=android
-MYAPP_RELEASE_KEY_PASSWORD=android
-
 android.useAndroidX=true
 android.enableJetifier=true
 
diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/android/app/my-release-key.keystore b/packages/rn-tester/android/app/my-release-key.keystore
deleted file mode 100644
index 364e105ed39..00000000000
Binary files a/packages/rn-tester/android/app/my-release-key.keystore and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/android/app/proguard-rules.pro b/packages/rn-tester/android/app/proguard-rules.pro
deleted file mode 100644
index 10279099c39..00000000000
--- a/packages/rn-tester/android/app/proguard-rules.pro
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
-#
-# This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
-# LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
-
-# Add project specific ProGuard rules here.
-# By default, the flags in this file are appended to flags specified
-# in /usr/local/Cellar/android-sdk/24.3.3/tools/proguard/proguard-android.txt
-# You can edit the include path and order by changing the proguardFiles
-# directive in build.gradle.
-#
-# For more details, see
-#   http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/proguard.html
-
-# Add any project specific keep options here: