diff --git a/eng/Versions.props b/eng/Versions.props
index f4bffaa78..b97f60ed6 100644
--- a/eng/Versions.props
+++ b/eng/Versions.props
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <PreReleaseVersionLabel>rtm</PreReleaseVersionLabel>
     <PreReleaseVersionIteration></PreReleaseVersionIteration>
+    <DotNetFinalVersionKind>release</DotNetFinalVersionKind>
     <!-- Opt-out repo features -->
     <UseVSTestRunner>true</UseVSTestRunner>
     <UsingToolXliff>false</UsingToolXliff>
diff --git a/eng/pipelines/maintenance-packages.yml b/eng/pipelines/maintenance-packages.yml
index 8a021b5cb..013c29629 100644
--- a/eng/pipelines/maintenance-packages.yml
+++ b/eng/pipelines/maintenance-packages.yml
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ extends:
                 -configuration Release
                 -prepareMachine
                 /p:Test=false
-                /p:DotNetFinalVersionKind=$(DotNetFinalVersionKind)
                 $(_AdditionalBuildArgs)
                 $(_InternalBuildArgs)
               displayName: $(_BuildJobDisplayName)