diff --git a/.vsts-ci.yml b/.vsts-ci.yml
index 05e608cd5..7cbab6ffd 100644
--- a/.vsts-ci.yml
+++ b/.vsts-ci.yml
@@ -301,4 +301,5 @@ stages:
                   /p:DotNetPublishSdkAssetsBlobFeedKey=$(dotnetcli-storage-key)
                   /p:DotnetPublishChecksumsBlobFeedUrl=https://dotnetclichecksums.blob.core.windows.net/dotnet/index.json
                   /p:DotNetPublishChecksumsBlobFeedKey=$(dotnetclichecksums-storage-key)
+                  /p:SourceBranch=$(BUILD.SOURCEBRANCH)
           displayName: Copy to latest
diff --git a/src/CopyToLatest/CopyToLatest.csproj b/src/CopyToLatest/CopyToLatest.csproj
index 21a9eb7bb..a61ea4a61 100644
--- a/src/CopyToLatest/CopyToLatest.csproj
+++ b/src/CopyToLatest/CopyToLatest.csproj
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
     <TargetFramework>$(CoreSdkTargetFramework)</TargetFramework>
     <GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>true</GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>
     <CopyBuildOutputToPublishDirectory>false</CopyBuildOutputToPublishDirectory>
+    <Channel>$(SourceBranch.Replace('refs/heads/', ''))</Channel>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <Import Project="targets\BranchInfo.props" />
   <Import Project="..\redist\targets\BuildCoreSdkTasks.targets" />
   <Import Project="..\redist\targets\GetRuntimeInformation.targets" />
   <Import Project="..\redist\targets\Versions.targets" />
   
   <Import Project="targets\FinishBuild.targets" />
-</Project>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/CopyToLatest/targets/BranchInfo.props b/src/CopyToLatest/targets/BranchInfo.props
deleted file mode 100644
index 9bd214aa9..000000000
--- a/src/CopyToLatest/targets/BranchInfo.props
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-<Project ToolsVersion="15.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <Channel>master</Channel>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-</Project>
diff --git a/src/core-sdk-tasks/CopyBlobsToLatest.cs b/src/core-sdk-tasks/CopyBlobsToLatest.cs
index 734898a73..a62000ba7 100644
--- a/src/core-sdk-tasks/CopyBlobsToLatest.cs
+++ b/src/core-sdk-tasks/CopyBlobsToLatest.cs
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Build
 
         public override bool Execute()
         {
+            if (!(Channel.Equals("master") || Channel.Equals("main") || Channel.StartsWith("release")))
+            {
+                return true; // Skip copy to latest, we don't want to publish to arbitrary places
+            }
+
             string targetFolder = $"{AzurePublisher.Product.Sdk}/{Channel}";
 
             string targetVersionFile = $"{targetFolder}/{CommitHash}";