diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 95de88499f..c43f839867 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: yarn --version
       - run: make test-ci-coverage
       # Builds babel-standalone with the regular Babel config
-      - run: make build
+      - run: IS_PUBLISH=true make build
       # test-ci-coverage doesn't test babel-standalone, as trying to gather coverage
       # data for a JS file that's several megabytes large is bound to fail. Here,
       # we just run the babel-standalone test separately.