diff --git a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob/src/samples/java/com/azure/storage/blob/SetMetadataAndHTTPHeadersExample.java b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob/src/samples/java/com/azure/storage/blob/SetMetadataAndHTTPHeadersExample.java
index 4a6bc622b1ad..3a47878ed8c2 100644
--- a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob/src/samples/java/com/azure/storage/blob/SetMetadataAndHTTPHeadersExample.java
+++ b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob/src/samples/java/com/azure/storage/blob/SetMetadataAndHTTPHeadersExample.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.security.MessageDigest;
 import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
-import java.util.Base64;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -85,8 +84,7 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, NoSuchAlgorithmExcept
         /*
          * Send an MD5 hash of the content to be validated by the service.
          */
-        byte[] md5 = Base64.getEncoder().encode(MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5")
-            .digest(data.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)));
+        byte[] md5 = MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5").digest(data.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
 
         /*
          * Data which will upload to block blob.
diff --git a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob/src/samples/java/com/azure/storage/blob/specialized/AppendBlobClientJavaDocCodeSnippets.java b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob/src/samples/java/com/azure/storage/blob/specialized/AppendBlobClientJavaDocCodeSnippets.java
index eda2437a2617..b2c5b3a6797f 100644
--- a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob/src/samples/java/com/azure/storage/blob/specialized/AppendBlobClientJavaDocCodeSnippets.java
+++ b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blob/src/samples/java/com/azure/storage/blob/specialized/AppendBlobClientJavaDocCodeSnippets.java
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ public void createWithResponse2() {
         Map<String, String> metadata = Collections.singletonMap("metadata", "value");
         Map<String, String> tags = Collections.singletonMap("tags", "value");
         BlobRequestConditions requestConditions = new BlobRequestConditions()
-            .setLeaseId(leaseId)
             .setIfUnmodifiedSince(OffsetDateTime.now().minusDays(3));
         Context context = new Context("key", "value");