diff --git a/tools/build/onos-build-and-upload b/tools/build/onos-build-and-upload
index 97657c9..1d66973 100755
--- a/tools/build/onos-build-and-upload
+++ b/tools/build/onos-build-and-upload
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 # Builds the release bits and uploads them.
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+set -e -o pipefail
+
 VERSION=$1
 NEXT_VERSION=$2
 BRANCH=$3
@@ -20,11 +22,9 @@
     # upload docs
     onos-upload-docs ${WIKI_USER}
 
-    # upload release bits
-    onos-upload-bits
-
     # spot check that uploaded artifacts are correct
-    check-uploaded-maven-artifacts  $VERSION $ONOS_ROOT https://oss.sonatype.org/content/groups/staging
+    # TODO - implement this for bazel
+    # check-uploaded-maven-artifacts  $VERSION $ONOS_ROOT https://oss.sonatype.org/content/groups/staging
 
     # set the version strings to the next version
     onos-snapshot ${NEXT_VERSION}