diff --git a/tools/finalization/step-1.sh b/tools/finalization/step-1.sh
index 65c8253..0e483d5 100755
--- a/tools/finalization/step-1.sh
+++ b/tools/finalization/step-1.sh
@@ -21,9 +21,8 @@
     local top="$(dirname "$0")"/../../../..
     source $top/build/make/tools/finalization/environment.sh
 
-    local m="$top/build/soong/soong_ui.bash --make-mode TARGET_PRODUCT=aosp_arm64 TARGET_BUILD_VARIANT=userdebug"
+    local m="$top/build/soong/soong_ui.bash --make-mode TARGET_RELEASE=next TARGET_PRODUCT=aosp_arm64 TARGET_BUILD_VARIANT=userdebug"
 
-    source $top/build/make/tools/finalization/finalize-vintf-resources.sh
     source $top/build/make/tools/finalization/finalize-sdk-resources.sh
 
     # move all changes to finalization branch/topic and upload to gerrit