diff --git a/contrib/release-dokku b/contrib/release-dokku
index 6b3fce765..d52990684 100755
--- a/contrib/release-dokku
+++ b/contrib/release-dokku
@@ -364,9 +364,7 @@ main() {
   fn-extract-package "$IS_RELEASE" "dokku-${NEXT_VERSION}-1.x86_64.rpm" || log-fail "Error extracting rpm package"
   cp -f "build/dokku_${NEXT_VERSION}_amd64.deb" build/dokku.deb
 
-  if [[ "$RELEASE" == "build" ]]; then
-    fn-build-docker-image "latest" || log-fail "Error building docker image"
-  else
+  if [[ "$RELEASE" != "build" ]]; then
     fn-publish-package "$IS_RELEASE" "deb" "build/dokku_${NEXT_VERSION}_amd64.deb" || log-fail "Error publishing deb package"
     fn-publish-package "$IS_RELEASE" "rpm" "build/dokku-${NEXT_VERSION}-1.x86_64.rpm" || log-fail "Error publishing rpm package"
     fn-build-docker-image "$NEXT_VERSION" || log-fail "Error building docker image"