diff --git a/metadata/se.manyver.yml b/metadata/se.manyver.yml
index 39710fe1a4..36fbf2088f 100644
--- a/metadata/se.manyver.yml
+++ b/metadata/se.manyver.yml
@@ -35,12 +35,14 @@ Builds:
     commit: v0.18.10-02.beta
     subdir: android/app
     sudo: |-
+        apt-get install -y g++ && \
         curl -Lo node.tar.xz https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.11.4/node-v8.11.4-linux-x64.tar.xz && \
         echo "85ea7cbb5bf624e130585bfe3946e99c85ce5cb84c2aee474038bdbe912f908c node.tar.xz" | sha256sum -c - && \
         tar xJf node.tar.xz && \
         cp -a node-v8.11.4-linux-x64/. /usr/local/ && \
         npm install -g react-native-cli
     init: |-
+        sed -i -e '/appium/d' ../../package.json && \
         npm install && \
         truncate -s 0 ../../node_modules/react-native/local-cli/server/util/external/xsel
     gradle:
@@ -50,13 +52,7 @@ Builds:
     rm:
       - node_modules/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/third-party/java/infer-annotations/infer-annotations-4.0.jar
       - node_modules/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/third-party/java/buck-android-support/buck-android-support.jar
-      - node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-adb/jars/
-      - node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-uiautomator/test/fixtures/*.jar
-      - node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-android-bootstrap/bootstrap/bin/*.jar
-      - node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-selendroid-driver/selendroid/download/*.jar
       - node_modules/*/build/Release/*.node
-      - node_modules/appium/node_modules/heapdump/build/Release/*.node
-      - node_modules/appium/node_modules/heapdump/build/Release/obj.target/*.node
       - node_modules/sodium-native/prebuilds/
       - node_modules/react-native-android-wifi/Examples/
     scanignore:
@@ -71,9 +67,10 @@ Builds:
         npm run build-android-assets
     ndk: r17b
 
-MaintainerNotes: scanignore is used to allow the "node_modules/react-native/android"
-    local Maven repository which contains the prebuilt react-native library which
-    we get from npm.
+MaintainerNotes: |-
+    scanignore is used to allow the "node_modules/react-native/android" local Maven repository which contains the prebuilt react-native library which we get from npm.
+
+    appium is removed because it fails to build on the build server due to some missing dev dependencies and we don't need it anyway.
 
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