diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 9b8145722b..58f0505ac2 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ subprojects { project ->
                     abortOnError false
                 }
             }
+
+            android.variantFilter { variant ->
+                if(variant.buildType.name == 'release') {
+                    variant.setIgnore(true)
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 }
@@ -113,7 +119,7 @@ subprojects { project ->
         diffMaxViolations = 0
 
         // Formats are listed here: https://github.com/tomasbjerre/violations-lib
-        def dir = projectDir.absolutePath;
+        def dir = projectDir.absolutePath
         violations = [
                 ["FINDBUGS",    dir, ".*/findbugs/.*\\.xml\$",   "Findbugs"],
                 ["PMD",         dir, ".*/pmd/.*\\.xml\$",        "PMD"],
diff --git a/glide/build.gradle b/glide/build.gradle
index bb7a98b701..ac0ec536a3 100644
--- a/glide/build.gradle
+++ b/glide/build.gradle
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ def getInternalJavaProjectsForJavadoc() {
     asProjects(getJavaPathsForJavadoc())
 }
 
-def getReleaseVariantAndroidProjectsForJar() {
-    getAndroidLibraryVariantsForJar('release')
+def getAndroidProjectsForJar() {
+    getAndroidLibraryVariantsForJar('debug')
 }
 
 def getAndroidLibraryVariantsForJar(variantName) {
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ project.archivesBaseName = "${POM_ARTIFACT_ID}-${VERSION_NAME}"
 
 // Generate javadocs and sources containing batched documentation and sources for all internal
 // projects.
-['release'].each { variantName ->
+['debug'].each { variantName ->
 
     task("${variantName}SourceJar", type: Jar) {
         from getSourceFilesForVariantJar(variantName)
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ project.archivesBaseName = "${POM_ARTIFACT_ID}-${VERSION_NAME}"
                             // Finds dependencies of Android packages that would otherwise be
                             // ignored (Volley in particular)
                             getInternalAndroidProjectsForJavadoc().collect { Project project ->
-                                project.file('build/intermediates/classes/release')
+                                project.file('build/intermediates/classes/debug')
                             }
             )
         }
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ project.archivesBaseName = "${POM_ARTIFACT_ID}-${VERSION_NAME}"
 
 jar {
     from files(
-            getReleaseVariantAndroidProjectsForJar().collect { LibraryVariant variant ->
+            getAndroidProjectsForJar().collect { LibraryVariant variant ->
                 variant.getJavaCompiler().destinationDir
             }
     )
@@ -174,21 +174,21 @@ jar {
 
 (getInternalAndroidProjectsForJar() + getInternalAndroidProjectsForJavadoc()).each {
     project ->
-        releaseJavadoc.dependsOn(project.tasks.compileReleaseSources)
-        jar.dependsOn(project.tasks.compileReleaseSources)
+        debugJavadoc.dependsOn(project.tasks.compileDebugSources)
+        jar.dependsOn(project.tasks.compileDebugSources)
 }
 
 (getInternalJavaProjectsForJar() + getInternalJavaProjectsForJavadoc()).each {
     project ->
-        releaseJavadoc.dependsOn(project.tasks.compileJava)
+        debugJavadoc.dependsOn(project.tasks.compileJava)
         jar.dependsOn(project.tasks.compileJava)
 }
 
 artifacts {
-    archives releaseJavadocJar {
+    archives debugJavadocJar {
         classifier 'javadoc'
     }
-    archives releaseSourceJar {
+    archives debugSourceJar {
         classifier 'sources'
     }
 }
diff --git a/scripts/travis_unit.sh b/scripts/travis_unit.sh
index bc2f576d3d..ec19192f60 100755
--- a/scripts/travis_unit.sh
+++ b/scripts/travis_unit.sh
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ set -e
   -x :samples:gallery:build \
   -x :samples:imgur:build \
   -x :samples:svg:build \
-  -x testReleaseUnitTest --parallel
+  --parallel
diff --git a/scripts/upload.gradle b/scripts/upload.gradle
index 2d5c30073d..b6922c9698 100644
--- a/scripts/upload.gradle
+++ b/scripts/upload.gradle
@@ -130,22 +130,22 @@ afterEvaluate { project ->
     def isAndroidProject = project.plugins.hasPlugin('com.android.application') || project.plugins.hasPlugin('com.android.library')
 
     if (isAndroidProject) {
-        def releaseVariants = project.android.libraryVariants.findAll {
-            it.buildType.name.equalsIgnoreCase('release')
+        def variants = project.android.libraryVariants.findAll {
+            it.buildType.name.equalsIgnoreCase('debug')
         }
 
         def getAndroidSdkDirectory = project.android.sdkDirectory
 
         def getAndroidJar = "${getAndroidSdkDirectory}/platforms/${project.android.compileSdkVersion}/android.jar"
 
-        task androidJavadocs(type: Javadoc, dependsOn: assembleRelease) {
-            source = releaseVariants.collect { it.javaCompile.source }
+        task androidJavadocs(type: Javadoc, dependsOn: assembleDebug) {
+            source = variants.collect { it.javaCompile.source }
             classpath = files(
                     getAndroidJar,
-                    project.file("build/intermediates/classes/release")
+                    project.file("build/intermediates/classes/debug")
             )
             doFirst {
-                classpath += files(releaseVariants.collect { it.javaCompile.classpath.files })
+                classpath += files(variants.collect { it.javaCompile.classpath.files })
             }
             options {
                 links("http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/")
@@ -174,8 +174,8 @@ afterEvaluate { project ->
             baseName "${JAR_PREFIX}${project.name}${JAR_POSTFIX}"
         }
 
-        task androidLibraryJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: compileReleaseJavaWithJavac /* == variant.javaCompile */) {
-            from compileReleaseJavaWithJavac.destinationDir
+        task androidLibraryJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: compileDebugJavaWithJavac /* == variant.javaCompile */) {
+            from compileDebugJavaWithJavac.destinationDir
             exclude '**/R.class'
             exclude '**/BuildConfig.class'
             exclude '**/R$*.class'