diff --git a/tor-versions.json b/tor-versions.json
index 196c6c5068fe63ae6fd53631f4bbcf9807c604b2..eb7ba3aedabcc7f53f8631bf113b2c2d68732ca9 100644
--- a/tor-versions.json
+++ b/tor-versions.json
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
     "upstream": {
       "url": "https://code.briarproject.org/briar/tor-browser-build.git",
       "commit": "tor-0.4.7.14",
-      "tor-browser": "12.0.6",
-      "libevent": "2.1.7"
+      "libevent": "2.1.7",
+      "reproduce-upstream": false
     },
     "timestamp": "201001010000.00"
   },
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@
       "url": "https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build.git",
       "commit": "tbb-12.0.6-build1",
       "tor-browser": "12.0.6",
-      "libevent": "2.1.7"
+      "libevent": "2.1.7",
+      "reproduce-upstream": true
     },
     "timestamp": "201001010000.00"
   },
diff --git a/upstream/build_tor_macos.py b/upstream/build_tor_macos.py
index 52fd848d14878c4b450bcc7be10bfb7df6689d75..d81bf2f1df10e2d115348ca0981e2c54454489b3 100755
--- a/upstream/build_tor_macos.py
+++ b/upstream/build_tor_macos.py
@@ -129,4 +129,5 @@ def compare_with_upstream(versions, arch):
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     versions = build()
-    compare_output_with_upstream(versions)
+    if (versions['upstream']['reproduce-upstream']):
+        compare_output_with_upstream(versions)