diff --git a/pkg/reconciler/buildrun/resources/sources.go b/pkg/reconciler/buildrun/resources/sources.go
index 415cbb593e..8aeeaf5b3c 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciler/buildrun/resources/sources.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciler/buildrun/resources/sources.go
@@ -29,16 +29,14 @@ func isLocalCopyBuildSource(
 	buildRun *buildv1beta1.BuildRun,
 ) *buildv1beta1.Local {
 
-	// Note: In v1alpha1 we will append all sources across builds and buildruns, and then return
-	// the first source of type Local.
-	if build.Spec.Source.Type == buildv1beta1.LocalType {
-		return build.Spec.Source.LocalSource
-	}
-
 	if buildRun.Spec.Source != nil && buildRun.Spec.Source.Type == buildv1beta1.LocalType {
 		return buildRun.Spec.Source.LocalSource
 	}
 
+	if build.Spec.Source.Type == buildv1beta1.LocalType {
+		return build.Spec.Source.LocalSource
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }