diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-build-and-upload-payload.sh b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-build-and-upload-payload.sh
index a1bc8e6b59..ff20d9b141 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-build-and-upload-payload.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-build-and-upload-payload.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ cp ${KATA_DEPLOY_ARTIFACT} ${KATA_DEPLOY_DIR}
 
 pushd ${KATA_DEPLOY_DIR}
 
-local arch=$(uname -m)
+arch=$(uname -m)
 [ "$arch" = "x86_64" ] && arch="amd64"
 IMAGE_TAG="${REGISTRY}:kata-containers-$(git rev-parse HEAD)-${arch}"