diff --git a/appcenter-post-clone.sh b/appcenter-post-clone.sh
index 0542292f9..f46b56290 100644
--- a/appcenter-post-clone.sh
+++ b/appcenter-post-clone.sh
@@ -20,19 +20,13 @@ printf "end of post-clone.sh\n"
 echo "Selected Platform to buit"
 echo "$PLATFORM"
 
-#check if platform to be built for is android
-if [ "$PLATFORM" == "Android" ]; then
 
-    echo "Android platform detected"
-    # Read package.json into a variable
-    package_json=$(<package.json)
+echo "Removing postinstall pod install command"
+# Read package.json into a variable
+package_json=$(<package.json)
 
-    # Remove 'pod install' from the current postinstall script
-    updated_package_json=$(echo "$package_json" | sed 's/ && cd ios && pod install//g')
+# Remove 'pod install' from the current postinstall script
+updated_package_json=$(echo "$package_json" | sed 's/ && cd ios && pod install//g')
 
-    # Update package.json with the modified postinstall script
-    echo "$updated_package_json" > package.json
-    
-elif [ "$PLATFORM" == "iOS" ]; then
-    echo "Building for iOS"
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+# Update package.json with the modified postinstall script
+echo "$updated_package_json" > package.json
diff --git a/appcenter-pre-build.sh b/appcenter-pre-build.sh
index ff6269ad9..cc673e6aa 100644
--- a/appcenter-pre-build.sh
+++ b/appcenter-pre-build.sh
@@ -62,7 +62,17 @@ printf "\n.env created with contents:\n"
 cat .env
 printf "\nEND OF .env\n"
 
-cd ios && pod install && cd ..
+#check if platform to be built for is android
+if [ "$PLATFORM" == "Android" ]; then
+    echo "Building for Android"
+    cd android && ./gradlew clean && cd ..
+    
+elif [ "$PLATFORM" == "iOS" ]; then
+    echo "Building for iOS"
+    cd ios && pod install && cd ..
+fi
+
+
+
 
-cd android && ./gradlew clean && cd ..