--- a/taskcluster/ci/balrog/kind.yml
+++ b/taskcluster/ci/balrog/kind.yml
@@ -13,8 +13,11 @@ transforms:
 kind-dependencies:
    - beetmover
    - beetmover-l10n
    - beetmover-repackage
 
 only-for-attributes:
    - nightly
    - signed
+
+job-template:
+   shipping-phase: promote

--- a/taskcluster/ci/beetmover-l10n/kind.yml
+++ b/taskcluster/ci/beetmover-l10n/kind.yml
@@ -22,8 +22,11 @@ not-for-build-platforms:
    - macosx64-nightly/opt
    - win32-nightly/opt
    - win64-nightly/opt
    - linux-devedition-nightly/opt
    - linux64-devedition-nightly/opt
    - macosx64-devedition-nightly/opt
    - win32-devedition-nightly/opt
    - win64-devedition-nightly/opt
+
+job-template:
+   shipping-phase: promote

--- a/taskcluster/ci/beetmover/kind.yml
+++ b/taskcluster/ci/beetmover/kind.yml
@@ -22,8 +22,11 @@ not-for-build-platforms:
    - macosx64-nightly/opt
    - win32-nightly/opt
    - win64-nightly/opt
    - linux-devedition-nightly/opt
    - linux64-devedition-nightly/opt
    - macosx64-devedition-nightly/opt
    - win32-devedition-nightly/opt
    - win64-devedition-nightly/opt
+
+job-template:
+   shipping-phase: promote

--- a/taskcluster/taskgraph/transforms/balrog.py
+++ b/taskcluster/taskgraph/transforms/balrog.py
@@ -109,13 +109,13 @@ def make_task_description(config, jobs):
                 'implementation': 'balrog',
                 'upstream-artifacts': upstream_artifacts,
             },
             'scopes': [server_scope] + channel_scopes,
             'dependencies': {'beetmover': dep_job.label},
             'attributes': attributes,
             'run-on-projects': dep_job.attributes.get('run_on_projects'),
             'treeherder': treeherder,
-            'shipping-phase': job.get('shipping-phase', phase),
+            'shipping-phase': job['shipping-phase'],
             'shipping-product': job.get('shipping-product'),
         }
 
         yield task

--- a/taskcluster/taskgraph/transforms/beetmover.py
+++ b/taskcluster/taskgraph/transforms/beetmover.py
@@ -6,18 +6,17 @@ Transform the beetmover task into an act
 """
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function, unicode_literals
 
 from taskgraph.transforms.base import TransformSequence
 from taskgraph.util.attributes import copy_attributes_from_dependent_job
 from taskgraph.util.schema import validate_schema, Schema
 from taskgraph.util.scriptworker import (get_beetmover_bucket_scope,
-                                         get_beetmover_action_scope,
-                                         get_phase)
+                                         get_beetmover_action_scope)
 from taskgraph.transforms.task import task_description_schema
 from voluptuous import Any, Required, Optional
 
 
 # Until bug 1331141 is fixed, if you are adding any new artifacts here that
 # need to be transfered to S3, please be aware you also need to follow-up
 # with a beetmover patch in https://github.com/mozilla-releng/beetmoverscript/.
 # See example in bug 1348286
@@ -326,17 +325,17 @@ beetmover_description_schema = Schema({
     # treeherder is allowed here to override any defaults we use for beetmover.  See
     # taskcluster/taskgraph/transforms/task.py for the schema details, and the
     # below transforms for defaults of various values.
     Optional('treeherder'): task_description_schema['treeherder'],
 
     # locale is passed only for l10n beetmoving
     Optional('locale'): basestring,
 
-    Optional('shipping-phase'): task_description_schema['shipping-phase'],
+    Required('shipping-phase'): task_description_schema['shipping-phase'],
     Optional('shipping-product'): task_description_schema['shipping-product'],
 })
 
 
 @transforms.add
 def validate(config, jobs):
     for job in jobs:
         label = job.get('dependent-task', object).__dict__.get('label', '?no-label?')
@@ -381,28 +380,27 @@ def make_task_description(config, jobs):
 
         attributes = copy_attributes_from_dependent_job(dep_job)
 
         if job.get('locale'):
             attributes['locale'] = job['locale']
 
         bucket_scope = get_beetmover_bucket_scope(config)
         action_scope = get_beetmover_action_scope(config)
-        phase = get_phase(config)
 
         task = {
             'label': label,
             'description': description,
             'worker-type': 'scriptworker-prov-v1/beetmoverworker-v1',
             'scopes': [bucket_scope, action_scope],
             'dependencies': dependencies,
             'attributes': attributes,
             'run-on-projects': dep_job.attributes.get('run_on_projects'),
             'treeherder': treeherder,
-            'shipping-phase': phase,
+            'shipping-phase': job['shipping-phase'],
         }
 
         yield task
 
 
 def generate_upstream_artifacts(signing_task_ref, build_task_ref, platform,
                                 locale=None):
     build_mapping = UPSTREAM_ARTIFACT_UNSIGNED_PATHS

--- a/taskcluster/taskgraph/transforms/beetmover_l10n.py
+++ b/taskcluster/taskgraph/transforms/beetmover_l10n.py
@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@ def make_beetmover_description(config, j
             treeherder = {
                 'symbol': join_symbol(group, symbol),
             }
 
             beet_description = {
                 'dependent-task': dep_job,
                 'treeherder': treeherder,
                 'locale': locale,
+                'shipping-phase': job['shipping-phase'],
             }
             yield beet_description