diff --git a/packaging/nuget/package.ps1 b/packaging/nuget/package.ps1
index 8f60481b9..14b3b3385 100644
--- a/packaging/nuget/package.ps1
+++ b/packaging/nuget/package.ps1
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $IntermediatePackagesDir
 foreach ($ProjectName in $ProjectsToPack) {
     $ProjectFile = "$RepoRoot\src\$ProjectName\project.json"
 
-    & $toolsDir\dotnet pack "$ProjectFile" --no-build --build-base-path "$Stage2CompilationDir\forPackaging" --output "$IntermediatePackagesDir" --configuration "$Configuration" $versionArg $versionSuffix
+    & $toolsDir\dotnet pack "$ProjectFile" --no-build --build-base-path "$Stage2CompilationDir\forPackaging" --output "$IntermediatePackagesDir" --configuration "$env:CONFIGURATION" $versionArg $versionSuffix
     if (!$?) {
         Write-Host "$toolsDir\dotnet pack failed for: $ProjectFile"
         Exit 1
diff --git a/scripts/common/_common.ps1 b/scripts/common/_common.ps1
index dbc1101ce..35a469516 100644
--- a/scripts/common/_common.ps1
+++ b/scripts/common/_common.ps1
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ $env:Channel = "$env:RELEASE_SUFFIX"
 setEnvIfDefault "DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR"  "$RepoRoot\.dotnet_stage0\win7-x64"
 setEnvIfDefault "DOTNET_CLI_VERSION" "0.1.0.0"
 setPathAndHomeIfDefault "$Stage2Dir"
-setVarIfDefault "Configuration" "Debug"
+setVarIfDefault "CONFIGURATION" "Debug"
diff --git a/scripts/publish/publish.ps1 b/scripts/publish/publish.ps1
index 607dfedd0..e222d6c50 100644
--- a/scripts/publish/publish.ps1
+++ b/scripts/publish/publish.ps1
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ function UploadInstallers($installerFile)
 
 function UploadVersionBadge($badgeFile)
 {
-    $fileName = "windows_$($Configuration)_$([System.IO.Path]::GetFileName($badgeFile))"
+    $fileName = "windows_$($env:CONFIGURATION)_$([System.IO.Path]::GetFileName($badgeFile))"
     
     Write-Host "Uploading the version badge to Latest"
     UploadFile "$env:CHANNEL/Binaries/Latest/$fileName" $badgeFile