diff --git a/taskcluster/ci/release-final-verify/kind.yml b/taskcluster/ci/release-final-verify/kind.yml
index b0cfec97ea..9e5758f157 100644
--- a/taskcluster/ci/release-final-verify/kind.yml
+++ b/taskcluster/ci/release-final-verify/kind.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ kind-dependencies:
 transforms:
     - taskgraph.transforms.release_deps:transforms
     - taskgraph.transforms.final_verify:transforms
+    - taskgraph.transforms.job:transforms
     - taskgraph.transforms.task:transforms
 
 job-defaults:
@@ -18,14 +19,10 @@ job-defaults:
     run-on-projects: []  # to make sure this never runs as part of CI
     worker-type: aws-provisioner-v1/gecko-{level}-b-linux
     worker:
-        implementation: docker-worker
-        os: linux
         docker-image:
             in-tree: "update-verify"
         max-run-time: 7200
         retry-exit-status: [1]
-        env:
-            BUILD_TOOLS_REPO: https://hg.mozilla.org/build/tools
 
 jobs:
     thunderbird:
diff --git a/taskcluster/ci/release-update-verify/kind.yml b/taskcluster/ci/release-update-verify/kind.yml
index 6892e2185b..b7372bcf18 100644
--- a/taskcluster/ci/release-update-verify/kind.yml
+++ b/taskcluster/ci/release-update-verify/kind.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ kind-dependencies:
 transforms:
     - taskgraph.transforms.release_deps:transforms
     - taskgraph.transforms.update_verify:transforms
+    - taskgraph.transforms.job:transforms
     - taskgraph.transforms.task:transforms
 
 job-defaults:
@@ -25,16 +26,12 @@ job-defaults:
             - name: 'public/build/diff-summary.log'
               path: '/builds/worker/tools/release/updates/diff-summary.log'
               type: file
-        implementation: docker-worker
-        os: linux
         docker-image:
             in-tree: "update-verify"
         max-run-time: 7200
         retry-exit-status:
             - 255
         env:
-            NO_BBCONFIG: "1"
-            BUILD_TOOLS_REPO: https://hg.mozilla.org/build/tools
             CHANNEL:
                 by-release-type:
                     beta: "beta-localtest"