diff --git a/bin/build_source b/bin/build_source
index e6e9fa5..253e5c0 100755
--- a/bin/build_source
+++ b/bin/build_source
@@ -107,11 +107,11 @@ apply_patches() (
 
 	version="$(yq -r '.version // ""' < "$1/pkg.yaml")"
 	[ -n "$version" ] || version="$(dpkg-parsechangelog --show-field Version)"
-	email="$(yq -r '.email // ""' < "$1/pkg.yaml")"
-	name="$(yq -r '.name // ""' < "$1/pkg.yaml")"
-	distribution="$(yq -r '.distribution // ""' < "$1/pkg.yaml")"
+	email="$EMAIL"
+	name="$NAME"
+	distribution="$DIST"
 	version_suffix="$(yq -r '.version_suffix // ""' < "$1/pkg.yaml")"
-	message="$(yq -r '.message // ""' < "$1/pkg.yaml")"
+	message="$MESSAGE"
 
 	DEBEMAIL="$email" DEBFULLNAME="$name" dch --newversion "$version$version_suffix" --distribution "$distribution" --force-distribution -- "$message"