diff --git a/net/remote/remote-deploy-update.sh b/net/remote/remote-deploy-update.sh
index b533226aee..e1fbf519c6 100755
--- a/net/remote/remote-deploy-update.sh
+++ b/net/remote/remote-deploy-update.sh
@@ -34,4 +34,6 @@ loadConfigFile
 PATH="$HOME"/.cargo/bin:"$PATH"
 
 set -x
-scripts/solana-install-deploy.sh localhost "$releaseChannel" "$updatePlatform"
+scripts/solana-install-deploy.sh \
+  --keypair config-local/mint-keypair.json \
+  localhost "$releaseChannel" "$updatePlatform"
diff --git a/scripts/solana-install-deploy.sh b/scripts/solana-install-deploy.sh
index 030d0de722..30f42641d5 100755
--- a/scripts/solana-install-deploy.sh
+++ b/scripts/solana-install-deploy.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,17 @@
 set -e
 SOLANA_ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")"/..; pwd)"
 
+maybeKeypair=
+while [[ ${1:0:2} = -- ]]; do
+  if [[ $1 = --keypair && -n $2 ]]; then
+    maybeKeypair="$1 $2"
+    shift 2
+  else
+    echo "Error: Unknown option: $1"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+done
+
 URL=$1
 TAG=$2
 OS=${3:-linux}
@@ -60,8 +71,12 @@ esac
 PATH="$SOLANA_ROOT"/target/debug:$PATH
 
 set -x
-balance=$(solana-wallet --url "$URL" balance)
+# shellcheck disable=SC2086 # Don't want to double quote $maybeKeypair
+balance=$(solana-wallet $maybeKeypair --url "$URL" balance)
 if [[ $balance = "0 lamports" ]]; then
-  solana-wallet --url "$URL" airdrop 42
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2086 # Don't want to double quote $maybeKeypair
+  solana-wallet $maybeKeypair --url "$URL" airdrop 42
 fi
-solana-install deploy --url "$URL" "$DOWNLOAD_URL" update_manifest_keypair.json
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC2086 # Don't want to double quote $maybeKeypair
+solana-install deploy $maybeKeypair --url "$URL" "$DOWNLOAD_URL" update_manifest_keypair.json
diff --git a/scripts/solana-install-update-manifest-keypair.sh b/scripts/solana-install-update-manifest-keypair.sh
index 74b31c42a5..94159bcf48 100755
--- a/scripts/solana-install-update-manifest-keypair.sh
+++ b/scripts/solana-install-update-manifest-keypair.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 #
-# Convenience script to easily deploy a software update to a testnet
-#
-# Prerequisites:
-# 1) The default keypair should have some lamports (eg, `solana-wallet airdrop 123`)
-# 2) The file update_manifest_keypair.json should exist if this script is not
-#    run from the CI environment
+# Creates update_manifest_keypair.json based on the current platform and
+# environment
 #
 set -e