diff --git a/tools/rapids-configure-conda-channels b/tools/rapids-configure-conda-channels
index 96836a4..7cfa02d 100755
--- a/tools/rapids-configure-conda-channels
+++ b/tools/rapids-configure-conda-channels
@@ -24,7 +24,4 @@ remove_conda_channel() {
 if rapids-is-release-build; then
   remove_conda_channel 'rapidsai-nightly'
   remove_conda_channel 'dask/label/dev'
-else
-  # exclude stable channel from all non-release builds.
-  remove_conda_channel 'rapidsai'
 fi