diff --git a/scripts/release/prepare-release-from-npm-commands/parse-params.js b/scripts/release/prepare-release-from-npm-commands/parse-params.js
index ef9c4979b20..10dbfb4e51f 100644
--- a/scripts/release/prepare-release-from-npm-commands/parse-params.js
+++ b/scripts/release/prepare-release-from-npm-commands/parse-params.js
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ module.exports = () => {
   const params = commandLineArgs(paramDefinitions);
 
   splitCommaParams(params.skipPackages);
+  splitCommaParams(params.onlyPackages);
 
   return params;
 };
diff --git a/scripts/release/prepare-release-from-npm-commands/update-stable-version-numbers.js b/scripts/release/prepare-release-from-npm-commands/update-stable-version-numbers.js
index f2011188904..eef68255e2b 100644
--- a/scripts/release/prepare-release-from-npm-commands/update-stable-version-numbers.js
+++ b/scripts/release/prepare-release-from-npm-commands/update-stable-version-numbers.js
@@ -114,20 +114,6 @@ const run = async ({cwd, packages, version, ci}, versionsMap) => {
   clear();
 
   if (packages.includes('react')) {
-    // A separate "React version" is used for the embedded renderer version to support DevTools,
-    // since it needs to distinguish between different version ranges of React.
-    // We need to replace it as well as the "next" version number.
-    const buildInfoPath = join(nodeModulesPath, 'react', 'build-info.json');
-    const {reactVersion} = await readJson(buildInfoPath);
-
-    if (!reactVersion) {
-      console.error(
-        theme`{error Unsupported or invalid build metadata in} {path build/node_modules/react/build-info.json}` +
-          theme`{error . This could indicate that you have specified an outdated "next" version.}`
-      );
-      process.exit(1);
-    }
-
     // We print the diff to the console for review,
     // but it can be large so let's also write it to disk.
     const diffPath = join(cwd, 'build', 'temp.diff');
@@ -152,10 +138,6 @@ const run = async ({cwd, packages, version, ci}, versionsMap) => {
         while (afterContents.indexOf(version) >= 0) {
           afterContents = afterContents.replace(version, newStableVersion);
         }
-        // Replace inline renderer version numbers (e.g. shared/ReactVersion).
-        while (afterContents.indexOf(reactVersion) >= 0) {
-          afterContents = afterContents.replace(reactVersion, newStableVersion);
-        }
         if (beforeContents !== afterContents) {
           numFilesModified++;
           // Using a relative path for diff helps with the snapshot test
diff --git a/scripts/release/publish-commands/parse-params.js b/scripts/release/publish-commands/parse-params.js
index ce9a9b7825c..69a53737acc 100644
--- a/scripts/release/publish-commands/parse-params.js
+++ b/scripts/release/publish-commands/parse-params.js
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ const paramDefinitions = [
 module.exports = () => {
   const params = commandLineArgs(paramDefinitions);
   splitCommaParams(params.skipPackages);
+  splitCommaParams(params.onlyPackages);
   splitCommaParams(params.tags);
   params.tags.forEach(tag => {
     switch (tag) {