diff --git a/build.psm1 b/build.psm1
index ec95e071bf..a53a13db90 100644
--- a/build.psm1
+++ b/build.psm1
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ $script:Options = $null
 $dotnetMetadata = Get-Content $PSScriptRoot/DotnetRuntimeMetadata.json | ConvertFrom-Json
 $dotnetCLIChannel = $dotnetMetadata.Sdk.Channel
 $dotnetCLIQuality = $dotnetMetadata.Sdk.Quality
-$dotnetAzureFeed = if (-not $env:__DOTNET_RUNTIME_FEED ) { $dotnetMetadata.Sdk.azureFeed }
+# __DOTNET_RUNTIME_FEED and __DOTNET_RUNTIME_FEED_KEY are private variables used in release builds
+$dotnetAzureFeed = if (-not $env:__DOTNET_RUNTIME_FEED ) { $dotnetMetadata.Sdk.azureFeed } else { $env:__DOTNET_RUNTIME_FEED }
 $dotnetAzureFeedSecret = $env:__DOTNET_RUNTIME_FEED_KEY
 $dotnetSDKVersionOveride = $dotnetMetadata.Sdk.sdkImageOverride
 $dotnetCLIRequiredVersion = $(Get-Content $PSScriptRoot/global.json | ConvertFrom-Json).Sdk.Version