diff --git a/.githooks/post-checkout b/.githooks/post-checkout
index 5765f32c0c..ca7fcb4008 100755
--- a/.githooks/post-checkout
+++ b/.githooks/post-checkout
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-command -v git-lfs >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "\nThis repository is configured for Git LFS but 'git-lfs' was not found on your path. If you no longer wish to use Git LFS, remove this hook by deleting '.git/hooks/post-checkout'.\n"; exit 2; }
+command -v git-lfs >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "\nThis repository is configured for Git LFS but 'git-lfs' was not found on your path. If you no longer wish to use Git LFS, remove this hook by deleting the 'post-checkout' file in the hooks directory (set by 'core.hookspath'; usually '.git/hooks').\n"; exit 2; }
 git lfs post-checkout "$@"
-
-#!/bin/bash
-export PATH="$PATH:/opt/homebrew/bin"
-
-# ignores updates of 'secrets.xcconfig' to avoid pushing sensitive data by mistake
-git update-index --assume-unchanged ElementX/SupportingFiles/secrets.xcconfig
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.githooks/post-commit b/.githooks/post-commit
index e5230c305f..52b339cb3f 100755
--- a/.githooks/post-commit
+++ b/.githooks/post-commit
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-command -v git-lfs >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "\nThis repository is configured for Git LFS but 'git-lfs' was not found on your path. If you no longer wish to use Git LFS, remove this hook by deleting '.git/hooks/post-commit'.\n"; exit 2; }
+command -v git-lfs >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "\nThis repository is configured for Git LFS but 'git-lfs' was not found on your path. If you no longer wish to use Git LFS, remove this hook by deleting the 'post-commit' file in the hooks directory (set by 'core.hookspath'; usually '.git/hooks').\n"; exit 2; }
 git lfs post-commit "$@"
diff --git a/.githooks/post-merge b/.githooks/post-merge
index c99b752a52..a912e667aa 100755
--- a/.githooks/post-merge
+++ b/.githooks/post-merge
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-command -v git-lfs >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "\nThis repository is configured for Git LFS but 'git-lfs' was not found on your path. If you no longer wish to use Git LFS, remove this hook by deleting '.git/hooks/post-merge'.\n"; exit 2; }
+command -v git-lfs >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "\nThis repository is configured for Git LFS but 'git-lfs' was not found on your path. If you no longer wish to use Git LFS, remove this hook by deleting the 'post-merge' file in the hooks directory (set by 'core.hookspath'; usually '.git/hooks').\n"; exit 2; }
 git lfs post-merge "$@"