diff --git a/automation/taskcluster/l10n/locales.py b/automation/taskcluster/l10n/locales.py
index 80c87bc2c..868c71372 100644
--- a/automation/taskcluster/l10n/locales.py
+++ b/automation/taskcluster/l10n/locales.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function, unicode_literals
 
 import re
 
-OPEN_LOCALES = "release_locales = ["
+OPEN_LOCALES = "locales = ["
 CLOSE_LOCALES = "]"
 
 def trim_to_locale(str):
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ def trim_to_locale(str):
     return match.group(1)
 
 
-# This file is a dumb parser that converts values from '/l10n.toml' to be easily consumed from
-# Python.
+# This file is a dumb parser that converts values from '/l10n-release.toml' to be easily
+# consumed from Python.
 #
-# 'l10n.toml' has a very simple structure, and it is reasonable to believe that this (very basic)
-# algorithm will continue to work as it is changed.
+# 'l10n-release.toml' has a very simple structure, and it is reasonable to believe that this
+# (very basic) algorithm will continue to work as it is changed.
 #
 # Alternatives to custom parsing that were considered:
 # - Using standard library module --- none exists to parse TOML
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def trim_to_locale(str):
 # - Vendoring a TOML module --- large amount of code given the use case. Introduces a security
 #   risk
 def get_release_locales():
-    with open(r"l10n.toml") as f:
+    with open(r"l10n-release.toml") as f:
         file = f.read().splitlines()
 
     locales_opened = False
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def get_release_locales():
     for line in file:
         if line == OPEN_LOCALES:
             locales_opened = True
-        elif line == CLOSE_LOCALES and locales_opened == True:
+        elif line == CLOSE_LOCALES:
             locales_closed = True
             break
         elif locales_opened:
diff --git a/l10n-release.toml b/l10n-release.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..789c8f550
--- /dev/null
+++ b/l10n-release.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+# Locales that should be present in release builds
+# Locales that are at 70% or higher completion on https://pontoon.mozilla.org/projects/android-l10n/
+# should be in this list
+locales = [
+  "an",
+  "ar",
+  "ast",
+  "az",
+  "be",
+  "bn",
+  "br",
+  "bs",
+  "ca",
+  "cak",
+  "co",
+  "cs",
+  "cy",
+  "da",
+  "de",
+  "dsb",
+  "el",
+  "en-CA",
+  "en-GB",
+  "eo",
+  "es",
+  "es-AR",
+  "es-CL",
+  "es-ES",
+  "es-MX",
+  "et",
+  "eu",
+  "fa",
+  "ff",
+  "fi",
+  "fr",
+  "fy-NL",
+  "ga-IE",
+  "gd",
+  "gn",
+  "gu-IN",
+  "he",
+  "hi-IN",
+  "hr",
+  "hsb",
+  "hu",
+  "hy-AM",
+  "id",
+  "is",
+  "it",
+  "ja",
+  "ka",
+  "kab",
+  "kk",
+  "kn",
+  "ko",
+  "lij",
+  "lo",
+  "lt",
+  "ml",
+  "mr",
+  "my",
+  "nb-NO",
+  "nl",
+  "nn-NO",
+  "oc",
+  "pa-IN",
+  "pl",
+  "pt-BR",
+  "pt-PT",
+  "rm",
+  "ro",
+  "ru",
+  "sk",
+  "sl",
+  "sq",
+  "sr",
+  "su",
+  "sv-SE",
+  "ta",
+  "te",
+  "th",
+  "tr",
+  "trs",
+  "uk",
+  "ur",
+  "vec",
+  "vi",
+  "zh-CN",
+  "zh-TW",
+]
+
diff --git a/l10n.toml b/l10n.toml
index bb0d019f2..208d698a0 100644
--- a/l10n.toml
+++ b/l10n.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 
 basepath = "."
 
-# Locales that should be present in non-release builds and on Pontoon
 locales = [
   "an",
   "ar",
@@ -95,97 +94,6 @@ locales = [
   "zh-TW",
 ]
 
-# Locales that should be present in release builds
-# Locales that are at 70% or higher completion on https://pontoon.mozilla.org/projects/android-l10n/
-# should be in this list
-release_locales = [
-  "an",
-  "ar",
-  "ast",
-  "az",
-  "be",
-  "bn",
-  "br",
-  "bs",
-  "ca",
-  "cak",
-  "co",
-  "cs",
-  "cy",
-  "da",
-  "de",
-  "dsb",
-  "el",
-  "en-CA",
-  "en-GB",
-  "eo",
-  "es",
-  "es-AR",
-  "es-CL",
-  "es-ES",
-  "es-MX",
-  "et",
-  "eu",
-  "fa",
-  "ff",
-  "fi",
-  "fr",
-  "fy-NL",
-  "ga-IE",
-  "gd",
-  "gn",
-  "gu-IN",
-  "he",
-  "hi-IN",
-  "hr",
-  "hsb",
-  "hu",
-  "hy-AM",
-  "id",
-  "is",
-  "it",
-  "ja",
-  "ka",
-  "kab",
-  "kk",
-  "kn",
-  "ko",
-  "lij",
-  "lo",
-  "lt",
-  "ml",
-  "mr",
-  "my",
-  "nb-NO",
-  "nl",
-  "nn-NO",
-  "oc",
-  "pa-IN",
-  "pl",
-  "pt-BR",
-  "pt-PT",
-  "rm",
-  "ro",
-  "ru",
-  "sk",
-  "sl",
-  "sq",
-  "sr",
-  "su",
-  "sv-SE",
-  "ta",
-  "te",
-  "th",
-  "tr",
-  "trs",
-  "uk",
-  "ur",
-  "vec",
-  "vi",
-  "zh-CN",
-  "zh-TW",
-]
-
 # Expose the following branches to localization
 # Changes to this list should be announced to the l10n team ahead of time.
 branches = [