diff --git a/release/Makefile.ec2 b/release/Makefile.ec2
index 49a5e1e881e7..f7f34a6fab79 100644
--- a/release/Makefile.ec2
+++ b/release/Makefile.ec2
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ cw-ec2-portinstall:
 	@touch ${.TARGET}
 
 ec2ami: cw-ec2 ${CW_EC2_PORTINSTALL}
-	@false
 .if !defined(AWSKEYFILE) || !exists(${AWSKEYFILE})
 	@echo "--------------------------------------------------------------"
 	@echo ">>> AWSKEYFILE must point at AWS keys for EC2 AMI creation"