diff --git a/branchinfo.txt b/branchinfo.txt
index 7ac005498..63cf71251 100644
--- a/branchinfo.txt
+++ b/branchinfo.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@
 MAJOR_VERSION=1
 MINOR_VERSION=0
 PATCH_VERSION=0
-RELEASE_SUFFIX=beta
+RELEASE_SUFFIX=rc2
+CHANNEL=beta
diff --git a/scripts/run-build.ps1 b/scripts/run-build.ps1
index e75741858..8b9141f8b 100644
--- a/scripts/run-build.ps1
+++ b/scripts/run-build.ps1
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ cat "$PSScriptRoot\..\branchinfo.txt" | ForEach-Object {
     }
 }
 
-$env:CHANNEL=$env:RELEASE_SUFFIX
-
 # Use a repo-local install directory (but not the artifacts directory because that gets cleaned a lot
 if (!$env:DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR)
 {
diff --git a/scripts/run-build.sh b/scripts/run-build.sh
index 175cc10ea..4daa328a3 100755
--- a/scripts/run-build.sh
+++ b/scripts/run-build.sh
@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@ done < "$DIR/../branchinfo.txt"
 [ -z "$DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR" ] && export DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR=$DIR/../.dotnet_stage0/$(uname)
 [ -d $DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR ] || mkdir -p $DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR
 
-# Ensure the latest stage0 is installed
-export CHANNEL=$RELEASE_SUFFIX
 $DIR/obtain/install.sh --channel $CHANNEL --verbose
 
 # Put stage 0 on the PATH (for this shell only)