diff --git a/.github/workflows/ui-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/ui-tests.yml
index e39fdf4e0e1..21f169443a9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ui-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ui-tests.yml
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run Fastlane
         run: fastlane ui_tests_ios_swift device:"${{matrix.device}}" 
-        shell: sh
 
       - name: Archiving Raw Test Logs
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
diff --git a/Samples/iOS-Swift/iOS-SwiftUITests/ProfilingUITests.swift b/Samples/iOS-Swift/iOS-SwiftUITests/ProfilingUITests.swift
index 722ce4cc03b..692aefe7acf 100644
--- a/Samples/iOS-Swift/iOS-SwiftUITests/ProfilingUITests.swift
+++ b/Samples/iOS-Swift/iOS-SwiftUITests/ProfilingUITests.swift
@@ -6,12 +6,6 @@ import XCTest
 class ProfilingUITests: BaseUITest {
     override var automaticallyLaunchAndTerminateApp: Bool { false }
     
-    // this will run before the non-async BaseUITest.setUp, so we can bail out before running any of the logic in there
-    override func setUp() async throws {
-        try await super.setUp()
-        try checkEnvironment()
-    }
-    
     func testProfiledAppLaunches() throws {
         app.launchArguments.append("--io.sentry.wipe-data")
         launchApp()
@@ -46,6 +40,7 @@ class ProfilingUITests: BaseUITest {
      */
     func testProfilingGPUInfo() throws {
         app.launchArguments.append("--disable-swizzling") // we're only interested in the manual transaction, the automatic stuff messes up how we try to retrieve the target profile info
+        app.launchArguments.append("--io.sentry.wipe-data")
         launchApp()
         
         goToTransactions()
@@ -73,16 +68,6 @@ class ProfilingUITests: BaseUITest {
 
 @available(iOS 16, *)
 extension ProfilingUITests {
-    // We don't need to test these on multiple OSes right now, and older versions seem to have issues; older devices or VM images running simulators might just be slower. Latest OS is enough coverage for our needs for now.
-    func checkEnvironment() throws {
-#if !targetEnvironment(simulator)
-        throw XCTSkip("Currently doesn't work on SauceLabs.")
-#endif
-
-        guard #available(iOS 16.0, *) else {
-            throw XCTSkip("iOS version too old for profiling test.")
-        }
-    }
     
     enum Error: Swift.Error {
         case missingFile