--- a/taskcluster/ci/release-early-tagging/kind.yml
+++ b/taskcluster/ci/release-early-tagging/kind.yml
@@ -19,16 +19,17 @@ job-defaults:
             maple: scriptworker-prov-v1/treescript-v1
             birch: scriptworker-prov-v1/treescript-v1
             jamun: scriptworker-prov-v1/treescript-v1
             default: scriptworker-prov-v1/treescript-dev
     worker:
         implementation: treescript
         tags: ['buildN']
         bump: false
+        dontbuild: true
         push:
             by-project:
                 mozilla-beta: true
                 mozilla-release: true
                 mozilla-esr52: true
                 mozilla-esr60: true
                 maple: true
                 birch: true

--- a/taskcluster/ci/release-version-bump/kind.yml
+++ b/taskcluster/ci/release-version-bump/kind.yml
@@ -22,16 +22,17 @@ job-defaults:
             maple: scriptworker-prov-v1/treescript-v1
             birch: scriptworker-prov-v1/treescript-v1
             jamun: scriptworker-prov-v1/treescript-v1
             default: scriptworker-prov-v1/treescript-dev
     worker:
         implementation: treescript
         tags: ['release']
         bump: true
+        dontbuild: true
         bump-files:
             by-project:
                 default: ["browser/config/version_display.txt"]
                 mozilla-release:
                     - "browser/config/version.txt"
                     - "browser/config/version_display.txt"
                     - "config/milestone.txt"
                 mozilla-esr52:

--- a/taskcluster/taskgraph/transforms/task.py
+++ b/taskcluster/taskgraph/transforms/task.py
@@ -582,16 +582,17 @@ task_description_schema = Schema({
         Required('implementation'): 'shipit-shipped',
         Required('release-name'): basestring,
     }, {
         Required('implementation'): 'treescript',
         Required('tags'): [Any('buildN', 'release', None)],
         Required('bump'): bool,
         Optional('bump-files'): [basestring],
         Optional('repo-param-prefix'): basestring,
+        Optional('dontbuild'): bool,
         Required('force-dry-run', default=True): bool,
         Required('push', default=False): bool
     }),
 })
 
 TC_TREEHERDER_SCHEMA_URL = 'https://github.com/taskcluster/taskcluster-treeherder/' \
                            'blob/master/schemas/task-treeherder-config.yml'
 
@@ -1209,16 +1210,19 @@ def build_treescript_payload(config, tas
         task_def['payload']['version_bump_info'] = bump_info
         task_def['scopes'].append(add_scope_prefix(config, 'treescript:action:version_bump'))
 
     if worker['push']:
         task_def['scopes'].append(add_scope_prefix(config, 'treescript:action:push'))
 
     if worker.get('force-dry-run'):
         task_def['payload']['dry_run'] = True
+    
+    if worker['dontbuild']:
+        task_def['payload']['dont_build'] = True
 
 
 @payload_builder('invalid')
 def build_invalid_payload(config, task, task_def):
     task_def['payload'] = 'invalid task - should never be created'
 
 
 @payload_builder('always-optimized')