diff --git a/ReleaseTooling/Sources/ZipBuilder/LaunchArgs.swift b/ReleaseTooling/Sources/ZipBuilder/LaunchArgs.swift
index f18ab794d8e..80da2ecdf57 100644
--- a/ReleaseTooling/Sources/ZipBuilder/LaunchArgs.swift
+++ b/ReleaseTooling/Sources/ZipBuilder/LaunchArgs.swift
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ struct LaunchArgs {
     // Get the project repo directory, and fail if it doesn't exist and we're building Firebase.
     if let repoPath = defaults.string(forKey: Key.repoDir.rawValue) {
       repoDir = URL(fileURLWithPath: repoPath)
-    } else if defaults.string(forKey: Key.zipPods.rawValue) != nil {
+    } else if defaults.string(forKey: Key.zipPods.rawValue) == nil {
       LaunchArgs.exitWithUsageAndLog("Missing required key: `\(Key.repoDir)` for the folder " +
         "containing the repository from which we're building the zip.")
     } else {
diff --git a/scripts/build_zip.sh b/scripts/build_zip.sh
index ef9a3bbc31a..6b3df5d05a3 100755
--- a/scripts/build_zip.sh
+++ b/scripts/build_zip.sh
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ OUTPUT_DIR="$REPO/$1"
 
 cd ReleaseTooling
 swift run zip-builder -keepBuildArtifacts true -updatePodRepo true \
-  -templateDir "${REPO}"/ReleaseTooling/Template -localPodspecPath "${REPO}" \
+  -repoDir "${REPO}" -localPodspecPath "${REPO}" -carthageBuild true \
   -outputDir "${OUTPUT_DIR}" -customSpecRepos https://github.com/firebase/SpecsStaging.git