diff --git a/metadata-integration/java/spark-lineage/build.gradle b/metadata-integration/java/spark-lineage/build.gradle
index 0746590e10..eb9285c39c 100644
--- a/metadata-integration/java/spark-lineage/build.gradle
+++ b/metadata-integration/java/spark-lineage/build.gradle
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ assemble {
     dependsOn shadowJar
 }
 
-task integrationTest(type: Exec ) {
+task integrationTest(type: Exec, dependsOn: build ) {
   commandLine "spark-smoke-test/smoke.sh"
 }
 
diff --git a/metadata-integration/java/spark-lineage/spark-smoke-test/smoke.sh b/metadata-integration/java/spark-lineage/spark-smoke-test/smoke.sh
index 32d1ac42f9..1fcfeff5b6 100755
--- a/metadata-integration/java/spark-lineage/spark-smoke-test/smoke.sh
+++ b/metadata-integration/java/spark-lineage/spark-smoke-test/smoke.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 set -e
 # Script assumptions:
-#   - The gradle build has already been run.
 #   - Python 3.6+ is installed and in the PATH.
 #   - pytest is installed
 #   - requests is installed