diff --git a/init-tools.sh b/init-tools.sh
index 9d86b3cf6..446c4eb85 100755
--- a/init-tools.sh
+++ b/init-tools.sh
@@ -14,12 +14,4 @@ while [ -h "$SOURCE" ]; do # resolve $SOURCE until the file is no longer a symli
 done
 DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && pwd )"
 
-# Load Branch Info
-while read line; do
-    if [[ $line != \#* ]]; then
-        IFS='=' read -ra splat <<< "$line"
-        export ${splat[0]}="${splat[1]}"
-    fi
-done < "$DIR/branchinfo.txt"
-
 $DIR/scripts/obtain/dotnet-install.sh --channel $CHANNEL --verbose
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/run-build.sh b/run-build.sh
index d956bc685..8a4de9e58 100755
--- a/run-build.sh
+++ b/run-build.sh
@@ -71,6 +71,14 @@ else
     exit 1
 fi
 
+# Load Branch Info
+while read line; do
+    if [[ $line != \#* ]]; then
+        IFS='=' read -ra splat <<< "$line"
+        export ${splat[0]}="${splat[1]}"
+    fi
+done < "$REPOROOT/branchinfo.txt"
+
 # Use a repo-local install directory (but not the artifacts directory because that gets cleaned a lot
 [ -z "$DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR" ] && export DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR=$REPOROOT/.dotnet_stage0/$ARCHITECTURE
 [ -d "$DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR" ] || mkdir -p $DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR