diff --git a/devops/release/scripts/step1_releasepackage.sh b/devops/release/scripts/step1_releasepackage.sh
index a05de1cec9d..d52014c6b40 100644
--- a/devops/release/scripts/step1_releasepackage.sh
+++ b/devops/release/scripts/step1_releasepackage.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=azureserviceoperator_image_version]$azures
 
 mkdir release/config -p
 cp -r _Azure.azure-service-operator/drop/setup.yaml ./release/config
-cp -r _Azure.azure-service-operator/drop/*.tgz ./release/config
+# Not currently including Helm charts as part of release so skip this
+# cp -r _Azure.azure-service-operator/drop/*.tgz ./release/config
 IMG=${azureserviceoperator_image_public/"public/"/"mcr.microsoft.com/"}
 echo "updating the manager image "
 echo $IMG
diff --git a/devops/release/scripts/step2_pushdockerimage.sh b/devops/release/scripts/step2_pushdockerimage.sh
index 14e4a5f4a82..903ce2e08d7 100644
--- a/devops/release/scripts/step2_pushdockerimage.sh
+++ b/devops/release/scripts/step2_pushdockerimage.sh
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 ACR_NAME='asorelease'
 
-echo "ACR_NAME", $ACR_NAME
-echo  "azureserviceoperator_image", $(azureserviceoperator_image)
-echo "azureserviceoperator_image_base", $(azureserviceoperator_image_base)
-echo "azureserviceoperator_image_latest", $(azureserviceoperator_image_latest)
-echo "azureserviceoperator_image_public", $(azureserviceoperator_image_public)
-echo "azureserviceoperator_image_version", $(azureserviceoperator_image_version)
+echo "ACR_NAME: $ACR_NAME"
+echo "azureserviceoperator_image: $azureserviceoperator_image"
+echo "azureserviceoperator_image_base: $azureserviceoperator_image_base"
+echo "azureserviceoperator_image_latest: $azureserviceoperator_image_latest"
+echo "azureserviceoperator_image_public: $azureserviceoperator_image_public"
+echo "azureserviceoperator_image_version: $azureserviceoperator_image_version"
 
 
 az acr login --name $ACR_NAME
-docker pull $ACR_NAME.azurecr.io/$(azureserviceoperator_image)
-docker tag $ACR_NAME.azurecr.io/$(azureserviceoperator_image)  $ACR_NAME.azurecr.io/$(azureserviceoperator_image_latest)
-docker tag $ACR_NAME.azurecr.io/$(azureserviceoperator_image)  $ACR_NAME.azurecr.io/$(azureserviceoperator_image_public)
+docker pull $ACR_NAME.azurecr.io/$azureserviceoperator_image
+docker tag $ACR_NAME.azurecr.io/$azureserviceoperator_image  $ACR_NAME.azurecr.io/$azureserviceoperator_image_latest
+docker tag $ACR_NAME.azurecr.io/$azureserviceoperator_image  $ACR_NAME.azurecr.io/$azureserviceoperator_image_public
 docker image ls
-docker push $ACR_NAME.azurecr.io/$(azureserviceoperator_image_public)  
-docker push $ACR_NAME.azurecr.io/$(azureserviceoperator_image_latest)
+docker push $ACR_NAME.azurecr.io/$azureserviceoperator_image_public
+docker push $ACR_NAME.azurecr.io/$azureserviceoperator_image_latest
diff --git a/devops/release/scripts/step3_pushhelmchart.sh b/devops/release/scripts/step3_pushhelmchart.sh
index ea8fb69012e..14135375005 100644
--- a/devops/release/scripts/step3_pushhelmchart.sh
+++ b/devops/release/scripts/step3_pushhelmchart.sh
@@ -4,18 +4,18 @@ export HELM_EXPERIMENTAL_OCI=1
 ACR_NAME='asorelease'
 
 echo "ACR_NAME", $ACR_NAME
-echo  "azureserviceoperator_image", $(azureserviceoperator_image)
-echo "azureserviceoperator_image_base", $(azureserviceoperator_image_base)
-echo "azureserviceoperator_image_latest", $(azureserviceoperator_image_latest)
-echo "azureserviceoperator_image_public", $(azureserviceoperator_image_public)
-echo "azureserviceoperator_image_version", $(azureserviceoperator_image_version)
+echo "azureserviceoperator_image: $azureserviceoperator_image"
+echo "azureserviceoperator_image_base $azureserviceoperator_image_base"
+echo "azureserviceoperator_image_latest: $azureserviceoperator_image_latest"
+echo "azureserviceoperator_image_public: $azureserviceoperator_image_public"
+echo "azureserviceoperator_image_version: $azureserviceoperator_image_version"
 
-echo $(AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET) | helm registry login $ACR_NAME.azurecr.io --username $(AZURE_CLIENT_ID) --password-stdin
+echo $AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET | helm registry login $ACR_NAME.azurecr.io --username $AZURE_CLIENT_ID --password-stdin
 
-helm chart pull $ACR_NAME.azurecr.io/candidate/k8s/asohelmchart:$(azureserviceoperator_image_version)
-helm chart export $ACR_NAME.azurecr.io/candidate/k8s/asohelmchart:$(azureserviceoperator_image_version) --destination .
+helm chart pull $ACR_NAME.azurecr.io/candidate/k8s/asohelmchart:$azureserviceoperator_image_version
+helm chart export $ACR_NAME.azurecr.io/candidate/k8s/asohelmchart:$azureserviceoperator_image_version --destination .
 cd azure-service-operator
-helm chart save . $ACR_NAME.azurecr.io/public/k8s/asohelmchart:$(azureserviceoperator_image_version)
+helm chart save . $ACR_NAME.azurecr.io/public/k8s/asohelmchart:$azureserviceoperator_image_version
 helm chart save . $ACR_NAME.azurecr.io/public/k8s/asohelmchart:latest
-helm chart push $ACR_NAME.azurecr.io/public/k8s/asohelmchart:$(azureserviceoperator_image_version)
+helm chart push $ACR_NAME.azurecr.io/public/k8s/asohelmchart:$azureserviceoperator_image_version
 helm chart push $ACR_NAME.azurecr.io/public/k8s/asohelmchart:latest