diff --git a/meta-arm/recipes-bsp/uefi/edk2-firmware.inc b/meta-arm/recipes-bsp/uefi/edk2-firmware.inc
index dc4c6295..7072d1b4 100644
--- a/meta-arm/recipes-bsp/uefi/edk2-firmware.inc
+++ b/meta-arm/recipes-bsp/uefi/edk2-firmware.inc
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ UPSTREAM_CHECK_GITTAGREGEX = "^edk2-stable(?P<pver>\d+)$"
 COMPATIBLE_MACHINE ?= "invalid"
 PACKAGE_ARCH = "${MACHINE_ARCH}"
 
-EDK2_BUILD_RELEASE = ""
+EDK2_BUILD_RELEASE = "1"
 EDK2_PLATFORM      = "unset"
 # build --platform
 EDK2_PLATFORM_DSC  = "unset"
diff --git a/meta-arm/recipes-bsp/uefi/edk2-firmware_%.bbappend b/meta-arm/recipes-bsp/uefi/edk2-firmware_%.bbappend
index 17f3662b..50777dcd 100644
--- a/meta-arm/recipes-bsp/uefi/edk2-firmware_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-arm/recipes-bsp/uefi/edk2-firmware_%.bbappend
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 COMPATIBLE_MACHINE:qemuarm64-secureboot = "qemuarm64-secureboot"
-EDK2_BUILD_RELEASE:qemuarm64-secureboot = "1"
 EDK2_PLATFORM:qemuarm64-secureboot      = "ArmVirtQemu-AARCH64"
 EDK2_PLATFORM_DSC:qemuarm64-secureboot  = "ArmVirtPkg/ArmVirtQemu.dsc"
 EDK2_BIN_NAME:qemuarm64-secureboot      = "QEMU_EFI.fd"
@@ -7,7 +6,6 @@ EDK2_BIN_NAME:qemuarm64-secureboot      = "QEMU_EFI.fd"
 
 COMPATIBLE_MACHINE:qemu-generic-arm64   = "qemu-generic-arm64"
 DEPENDS:append:qemu-generic-arm64       = " virtual/trusted-firmware-a coreutils-native"
-EDK2_BUILD_RELEASE:qemu-generic-arm64 = "1"
 EDK2_PLATFORM:qemu-generic-arm64        = "SbsaQemu"
 EDK2_PLATFORM_DSC:qemu-generic-arm64    = "Platform/Qemu/SbsaQemu/SbsaQemu.dsc"
 EDK2_BIN_NAME:qemu-generic-arm64        = "SBSA_FLASH0.fd"