diff --git a/mod_for_test_scripts/002changeUpdateChannel b/mod_for_test_scripts/002changeUpdateChannel
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium OS Authors. All rights reserved.
+# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+# found in the LICENSE file.
+#
+# Changes the channel of the image for test builds so that it will be
+# identified as a test image to Omaha which will not give any updates.
+
+echo "Modifying Release Track for Test (testimage-channel)."
+FILE="${ROOT_FS_DIR}/etc/lsb-release"
+sed -i 's/^\(CHROMEOS_RELEASE_TRACK=\).*/\1testimage-channel/' $FILE