diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index eef8a4009..0abfd631e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -157,13 +157,15 @@ release: clean-mobile
 	$(VERSION_CHECK)
 	./scripts/release.sh build-release "$(VERSION_TAG)" "$(BUILD_SYSTEM)" "$(RELEASE_TAGS)" "$(RELEASE_LDFLAGS)"
 
-docker-release: clean-mobile
+docker-release:
 	@$(call print, "Building release helper docker image.")
 	if [ "$(tag)" = "" ]; then echo "Must specify tag=<commit_or_tag>!"; exit 1; fi
 
 	docker build -t lnd-release-helper -f make/builder.Dockerfile make/
-	$(DOCKER_RELEASE_HELPER) scripts/release.sh check-tag "$(VERSION_TAG)"
-	$(DOCKER_RELEASE_HELPER) scripts/release.sh build-release "$(VERSION_TAG)" "$(BUILD_SYSTEM)" "$(RELEASE_TAGS)" "$(RELEASE_LDFLAGS)"
+
+	# Run the actual compilation inside the docker image. We pass in all flags
+	# that we might want to overwrite in manual tests.
+	$(DOCKER_RELEASE_HELPER) make release tag="$(tag)" sys="$(sys)" COMMIT="$(COMMIT)" COMMIT_HASH="$(COMMIT_HASH)"
 
 scratch: build