diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 209e0ea..c107df1 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
         <activity
             android:name=".MainActivity"
             android:exported="true"
-            android:label="@string/app_name"
             android:theme="@style/Theme.RunicGateway">
             <intent-filter>
                 <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/runicgateway/app/ScaffoldSanityTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/com/runicgateway/app/ScaffoldSanityTest.kt
index 0210009..9a49730 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/com/runicgateway/app/ScaffoldSanityTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/runicgateway/app/ScaffoldSanityTest.kt
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ import org.junit.Test
 /**
  * Placeholder JVM unit test so the `test` CI gate has something to run in M0.
  * Real repository / view-model tests arrive with the functional pass (M1+).
+ *
+ * Assertions must be variant-agnostic: the `test` task runs both the debug and
+ * release unit-test variants, so nothing here may depend on `BuildConfig.DEBUG`.
  */
 class ScaffoldSanityTest {
     @Test
@@ -18,8 +21,7 @@ class ScaffoldSanityTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun buildConfigIsDebuggableInTest() {
-        // Unit tests run against the debug variant.
-        assertTrue(BuildConfig.DEBUG)
+    fun versionNameIsSet() {
+        assertTrue(BuildConfig.VERSION_NAME.isNotBlank())
     }
 }