diff --git a/android/libs/arcore/README.txt b/android/libs/arcore/README.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d151277d..000000000
--- a/android/libs/arcore/README.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-ARCore .so files to be moved into viroar/src/main/jniLibs so that native code can access them. They have to be *removed* from the ARCore AAR file as well, to prevent conflicts. To do this:
-
-1. Extract core-X.Y.Z.aar into directory core-X.Y.Z.aar (unzip core-X.Y.Z.aar -d tempFolder)
-
-2. Remove the C .so files and place them in viroar/src/main/jniLibs/[ARCH]
-
-3. Do NOT remove the JNI .so files: those need to remain in the AAR.
-
-4. Zip up the AAR files back into an archive. (jar cvf core-X.Y.Z.aar -C tempFolder/ .)
-
-5. Also update the arcore_c_api.h in ViroRenderer source (you get this by downloading the SDK -> libraries -> include -> arcore_c_api.h)
-
-Note: You can get future ARCore.aar files here:
-- https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/com/google/ar/core/<ARCORE_VERSION>/core-<ARCORE_VERSION>.aar
-- eg. https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/com/google/ar/core/1.4.0/core-1.4.0.aar
diff --git a/android/libs/arcore/build.gradle b/android/libs/arcore/build.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 4984c1748..000000000
--- a/android/libs/arcore/build.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-configurations.maybeCreate("default")
-artifacts.add("default", file('core-1.41.0.aar'))
diff --git a/android/libs/arcore/core-1.41.0.aar b/android/libs/arcore/core-1.41.0.aar
deleted file mode 100644
index e4c5c50ed..000000000
Binary files a/android/libs/arcore/core-1.41.0.aar and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/android/libs/arcore/version.txt b/android/libs/arcore/version.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 957cee082..000000000
--- a/android/libs/arcore/version.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-ARCore version 1.41.0
-
-(Version is for both include files and libs in src/main/jniLibs)
diff --git a/android/memoryleaktest/build.gradle b/android/memoryleaktest/build.gradle
index f15a50ecd..5a35b532e 100644
--- a/android/memoryleaktest/build.gradle
+++ b/android/memoryleaktest/build.gradle
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ dependencies {
     androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.4.0'
     implementation project(':virocore')
     implementation project(':libs:gvr')
-    implementation project(':libs:arcore')
+    implementation 'com.google.ar:core:1.41.0'
     implementation "androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0"
     implementation "androidx.core:core-ktx:1.8.0"
     implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7:1.8.21"
diff --git a/android/nativetest/build.gradle b/android/nativetest/build.gradle
index 45ccd976d..fb540a8d4 100644
--- a/android/nativetest/build.gradle
+++ b/android/nativetest/build.gradle
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ android {
 
 dependencies {
     implementation fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
-    implementation project(':libs:arcore')
+    implementation 'com.google.ar:core:1.41.0'
     implementation project(':libs:gvr')
     implementation project(':virocore')
     implementation "androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0"
diff --git a/android/releasetest/build.gradle b/android/releasetest/build.gradle
index 81ec34584..0a838c2a9 100644
--- a/android/releasetest/build.gradle
+++ b/android/releasetest/build.gradle
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
     androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.1.0'
     implementation project(':virocore')
-    implementation project(':libs:arcore')
+    implementation 'com.google.ar:core:1.41.0'
     implementation project(':libs:gvr')
     implementation "androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0"
     // testing dependencies
diff --git a/android/renderertest/build.gradle b/android/renderertest/build.gradle
index cdf7b54ad..b1fbf8378 100644
--- a/android/renderertest/build.gradle
+++ b/android/renderertest/build.gradle
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ android {
 
 dependencies {
     implementation fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
-    implementation project(':libs:arcore')
+    implementation 'com.google.ar:core:1.41.0'
     implementation project(':libs:gvr')
     implementation project(':virocore')
     implementation "androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0"
diff --git a/android/settings.gradle b/android/settings.gradle
index ee46ac172..dac5fce94 100644
--- a/android/settings.gradle
+++ b/android/settings.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 rootProject.name = 'ViroCORE'
 
-include ':sharedCode', ':libs:gvr', ':libs:arcore', ':renderertest', ':memoryleaktest', ':virocore', ':viroreact', ':viroar', ':releasetest', ':nativetest'
+include ':sharedCode', ':libs:gvr', ':renderertest', ':memoryleaktest', ':virocore', ':viroreact', ':viroar', ':releasetest', ':nativetest'
 
 include ':code-samples:gvr_common'
 include ':code-samples:arcore_client'
diff --git a/android/sharedCode/build.gradle b/android/sharedCode/build.gradle
index 0da6a9533..b0e540384 100644
--- a/android/sharedCode/build.gradle
+++ b/android/sharedCode/build.gradle
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'androidx.media3:media3-exoplayer-hls:1.1.1'
     implementation 'androidx.media3:media3-exoplayer-smoothstreaming:1.1.1'
     implementation project(':libs:gvr')
-    implementation project(':libs:arcore')
+    implementation 'com.google.ar:core:1.41.0'
     implementation 'com.google.protobuf.nano:protobuf-javanano:3.0.0-alpha-7'
     implementation "androidx.core:core-ktx:1.8.0"
     implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:1.8.21"
diff --git a/android/virocore/build.gradle b/android/virocore/build.gradle
index 8180d142a..74d5d8266 100644
--- a/android/virocore/build.gradle
+++ b/android/virocore/build.gradle
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'androidx.media3:media3-exoplayer-hls:1.1.1'
     implementation 'androidx.media3:media3-exoplayer-smoothstreaming:1.1.1'
     api project(':libs:gvr')
-    api project(':libs:arcore')
+    implementation 'com.google.ar:core:1.41.0'
     //implementation project(path: ':sharedCode')
     implementation 'com.google.protobuf.nano:protobuf-javanano:3.0.0-alpha-7'
 }
diff --git a/android/viroreact/build.gradle b/android/viroreact/build.gradle
index 99a4d4ecb..3caa5597c 100644
--- a/android/viroreact/build.gradle
+++ b/android/viroreact/build.gradle
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'androidx.media3:media3-exoplayer-hls:1.1.1'
     implementation 'androidx.media3:media3-exoplayer-smoothstreaming:1.1.1'
     implementation project(':libs:gvr')
-    implementation project(':libs:arcore')
+    implementation 'com.google.ar:core:1.41.0'
     implementation 'com.google.protobuf.nano:protobuf-javanano:3.0.0-alpha-7'
 }
 
diff --git a/prepare_release.sh b/prepare_release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..b37406475
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prepare_release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+
+echo '========================================================================='
+echo 'Cleaning :viroreact'
+echo '========================================================================='
+cd android &&
+./gradlew clean
+
+echo '========================================================================='
+echo 'Building :viroreact'
+echo '========================================================================='
+ ./gradlew :viroreact:assembleRelease
+
+echo '========================================================================='
+echo 'Checking for build artifacts'
+echo '========================================================================='
+if [ ! -f viroreact/build/outputs/aar/viroreact-release.aar ]; then
+    echo -e "Unable to find viroreact release output!"
+    exit 1
+fi