diff --git a/src/Uno.UI.RemoteControl/RemoteControlClient.cs b/src/Uno.UI.RemoteControl/RemoteControlClient.cs
index 12f6223f5874..5df9baac1e12 100644
--- a/src/Uno.UI.RemoteControl/RemoteControlClient.cs
+++ b/src/Uno.UI.RemoteControl/RemoteControlClient.cs
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ private void StartKeepAliveTimer()
 
 		if (Interlocked.CompareExchange(ref _keepAliveTimer, timer, null) is null)
 		{
-			timer.Change(_keepAliveInterval, _keepAliveInterval);
+			timer.Change(TimeSpan.Zero, _keepAliveInterval);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/Uno.UI.RemoteControl/RemoteControlStatus.cs b/src/Uno.UI.RemoteControl/RemoteControlStatus.cs
index f1915e455f34..844ea26b0d9c 100644
--- a/src/Uno.UI.RemoteControl/RemoteControlStatus.cs
+++ b/src/Uno.UI.RemoteControl/RemoteControlStatus.cs
@@ -18,11 +18,7 @@ public record RemoteControlStatus(
 	/// </summary>
 	public bool IsAllGood =>
 		State == ConnectionState.Connected
-#if !DEBUG
-		// For debug builds, it's annoying to have the version mismatch preventing the connection
-		// Only Uno devs should get this issue, let's not block them.
 		&& IsVersionValid == true
-#endif
 		&& MissingRequiredProcessors.IsEmpty
 		&& KeepAlive.State == KeepAliveState.Ok
 		&& InvalidFrames.Count == 0;