diff --git a/internal/ghcmd/cmd.go b/internal/ghcmd/cmd.go
index bd901b78e..9fc5bcefe 100644
--- a/internal/ghcmd/cmd.go
+++ b/internal/ghcmd/cmd.go
@@ -29,14 +29,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
-// updaterEnabled is a statically linked build property set in gh formula within homebrew/homebrew-core
-// used to control whether users are notified of newer GitHub CLI releases.
-// This needs to be set to 'cli/cli' as it affects where update.CheckForUpdate() checks for releases.
-// It is unclear whether this means that only homebrew builds will check for updates or not.
-// Development builds leave this empty as impossible to determine if newer or not.
-// For more information, <https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/Formula/g/gh.rb>.
-var updaterEnabled = ""
-
 type exitCode int
 
 const (
diff --git a/internal/ghcmd/update_disabled.go b/internal/ghcmd/update_disabled.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3fb7a7f4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/ghcmd/update_disabled.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+//go:build !updateable
+
+package ghcmd
+
+// updaterEnabled is a statically linked build property set in gh formula within homebrew/homebrew-core
+// used to control whether users are notified of newer GitHub CLI releases.
+// This needs to be set to 'cli/cli' as it affects where update.CheckForUpdate() checks for releases.
+// It is unclear whether this means that only homebrew builds will check for updates or not.
+// Development builds leave this empty as impossible to determine if newer or not.
+// For more information, <https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/Formula/g/gh.rb>.
+var updaterEnabled = ""
diff --git a/internal/ghcmd/update_enabled.go b/internal/ghcmd/update_enabled.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5a136885b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/ghcmd/update_enabled.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+//go:build updateable
+
+package ghcmd
+
+// updaterEnabled is a statically linked build property set in gh formula within homebrew/homebrew-core
+// used to control whether users are notified of newer GitHub CLI releases.
+// This needs to be set to 'cli/cli' as it affects where update.CheckForUpdate() checks for releases.
+// It is unclear whether this means that only homebrew builds will check for updates or not.
+// Development builds leave this empty as impossible to determine if newer or not.
+// For more information, <https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/Formula/g/gh.rb>.
+var updaterEnabled = "cli/cli"
diff --git a/script/build.go b/script/build.go
index d7085f590..08a193ffc 100644
--- a/script/build.go
+++ b/script/build.go
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ var tasks = map[string]func(string) error{
 			ldflags = fmt.Sprintf("-X github.com/cli/cli/v2/internal/authflow.oauthClientID=%s %s", os.Getenv("GH_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID"), ldflags)
 		}
 
-		return run("go", "build", "-trimpath", "-ldflags", ldflags, "-o", exe, "./cmd/gh")
+		buildTags, _ := os.LookupEnv("GO_BUILDTAGS")
+
+		return run("go", "build", "-trimpath", "-tags", buildTags, "-ldflags", ldflags, "-o", exe, "./cmd/gh")
 	},
 	"manpages": func(_ string) error {
 		return run("go", "run", "./cmd/gen-docs", "--man-page", "--doc-path", "./share/man/man1/")