diff --git a/packages/webpack5/src/configuration/base.ts b/packages/webpack5/src/configuration/base.ts
index f9b408863..2350782d2 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/src/configuration/base.ts
+++ b/packages/webpack5/src/configuration/base.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import FilterWarningsPlugin from 'webpack-filter-warnings-plugin';
 import { BundleAnalyzerPlugin } from 'webpack-bundle-analyzer';
 import TerserPlugin from 'terser-webpack-plugin';
 
-// import { WatchStateLoggerPlugin } from '../plugins/WatchStateLoggerPlugin';
 import { getProjectFilePath, getProjectRootPath } from '../helpers/project';
 import { PlatformSuffixPlugin } from '../plugins/PlatformSuffixPlugin';
 import { addCopyRule, applyCopyRules } from '../helpers/copyRules';
@@ -308,8 +307,6 @@ export default function (config: Config, env: IWebpackEnv = _env): Config {
 
 	applyCopyRules(config);
 
-	// add the WatchStateLogger plugin used to notify the CLI of build state
-	// config.plugin('WatchStateLoggerPlugin').use(WatchStateLoggerPlugin);
 	config.plugin('WatchStatePlugin').use(WatchStatePlugin);
 
 	config.when(env.hmr, (config) => {
diff --git a/packages/webpack5/src/loaders/nativescript-hot-loader/hmr.runtime.ts b/packages/webpack5/src/loaders/nativescript-hot-loader/hmr.runtime.ts
index 7a5e8a020..3c612c1fe 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/src/loaders/nativescript-hot-loader/hmr.runtime.ts
+++ b/packages/webpack5/src/loaders/nativescript-hot-loader/hmr.runtime.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // @ts-nocheck
 // This is a runtime module - included by nativescript-hot-loader
 // this file should not include external dependencies
+// todo: add verbose logs when enabled
 // ---
 
 if (module.hot) {
diff --git a/packages/webpack5/src/platforms/ios.ts b/packages/webpack5/src/platforms/ios.ts
index 8f8896ab5..dd2d3defb 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/src/platforms/ios.ts
+++ b/packages/webpack5/src/platforms/ios.ts
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@ import { INativeScriptPlatform } from "../helpers/platform";
 import { getProjectRootPath } from "../helpers/project";
 
 function sanitizeName(appName: string): string {
-	const sanitizedName = appName.split("").filter((c) =>
+	return appName.split("").filter((c) =>
 		/[a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(c)
 	).join("");
-	return sanitizedName;
 }
 function getDistPath() {
 	const appName = sanitizeName(basename(getProjectRootPath()));
diff --git a/packages/webpack5/src/plugins/WatchStateLoggerPlugin.ts b/packages/webpack5/src/plugins/WatchStateLoggerPlugin.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 78c9a19e0..000000000
--- a/packages/webpack5/src/plugins/WatchStateLoggerPlugin.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-import webpack from 'webpack';
-
-const id = 'WatchStateLoggerPlugin';
-
-export enum messages {
-	compilationComplete = 'Webpack compilation complete.',
-	startWatching = 'Webpack compilation complete. Watching for file changes.',
-	changeDetected = 'File change detected. Starting incremental webpack compilation...',
-}
-
-/**
- * This little plugin will report the webpack state through the console.
- * So the {N} CLI can get some idea when compilation completes.
- * @deprecated todo: remove soon
- */
-export class WatchStateLoggerPlugin {
-	isRunningWatching: boolean;
-
-	apply(compiler) {
-		const plugin = this;
-
-		compiler.hooks.watchRun.tapAsync(id, function (compiler, callback) {
-			plugin.isRunningWatching = true;
-
-			if (plugin.isRunningWatching) {
-				console.log(messages.changeDetected);
-			}
-
-			notify(messages.changeDetected);
-
-			callback();
-		});
-
-		compiler.hooks.afterEmit.tapAsync(id, function (compilation, callback) {
-			callback();
-
-			if (plugin.isRunningWatching) {
-				console.log(messages.startWatching);
-			} else {
-				console.log(messages.compilationComplete);
-			}
-
-			const emittedFiles = Array.from(compilation.emittedAssets);
-			const chunkFiles = getChunkFiles(compilation);
-
-			notify(messages.compilationComplete);
-
-			// Send emitted files so they can be LiveSynced if need be
-			notify({ emittedFiles, chunkFiles, hash: compilation.hash });
-		});
-	}
-}
-
-function getChunkFiles(compilation: webpack.Compilation) {
-	const chunkFiles = [];
-	try {
-		compilation.chunks.forEach((chunk) => {
-			chunk.files.forEach((file) => {
-				if (file.indexOf('hot-update') === -1) {
-					chunkFiles.push(file);
-				}
-			});
-		});
-	} catch (e) {
-		console.log('Warning: Unable to find chunk files.');
-	}
-
-	return chunkFiles;
-}
-
-function notify(message: any) {
-	if (!process.send) {
-		return;
-	}
-
-	process.send(message, (error) => {
-		if (error) {
-			console.error(`[${id}] Process Send Error: `, error);
-		}
-
-		return null;
-	});
-}
diff --git a/packages/webpack5/src/plugins/WatchStatePlugin.ts b/packages/webpack5/src/plugins/WatchStatePlugin.ts
index 06ca2a869..a87b77c5f 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/src/plugins/WatchStatePlugin.ts
+++ b/packages/webpack5/src/plugins/WatchStatePlugin.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ export enum messages {
 }
 
 /**
- * This little plugin will report the webpack state through the console.
- * So the {N} CLI can get some idea when compilation completes.
+ * This little plugin will report the webpack state through the console
+ * and send status updates through IPC to the {N} CLI.
  */
 export class WatchStatePlugin {
 	apply(compiler: any) {