diff --git a/fastlane/lanes/localization.rb b/fastlane/lanes/localization.rb
index 461407800c8c..7a1507239ca7 100644
--- a/fastlane/lanes/localization.rb
+++ b/fastlane/lanes/localization.rb
@@ -170,11 +170,10 @@
   #                         Defaults to current `versionName`. Only required if skip_release_notes is false
   # @param [Boolean] skip_release_notes Whether to skip downloading release notes. Default false
   # @param [Boolean] skip_commit If true, will skip the `git add`, `git commit` and `git push` operations. Default to false.
-  # @param [Boolean] skip_git_push If true, will skip the `git push` at the end. Default to false. Inferred to `true` if `skip_commit` is `true`.
   #
   # @return [void]
   #
-  lane :download_metadata_strings do |app: nil, version: current_release_version, skip_release_notes: false, skip_commit: false, skip_git_push: false|
+  lane :download_metadata_strings do |app: nil, version: current_release_version, skip_release_notes: false, skip_commit: false|
     version = nil if skip_release_notes
 
     # If no `app:` is specified, call this for both WordPress and Jetpack
@@ -246,7 +245,6 @@
       message += " for #{version}" unless version.nil?
       git_commit(path: metadata_download_path, message: message, allow_nothing_to_commit: true)
     end
-    push_to_git_remote unless skip_commit || skip_git_push
   end
 
   ########################################################################
diff --git a/fastlane/lanes/release.rb b/fastlane/lanes/release.rb
index c057787e88ee..7139df17601b 100644
--- a/fastlane/lanes/release.rb
+++ b/fastlane/lanes/release.rb
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@
 
     update_frozen_strings_for_translation
     download_translations
+    download_metadata_strings(version: current_release_version)
 
     # Bump the release version and build code
     UI.message 'Bumping beta version and build code...'
diff --git a/fastlane/lanes/screenshots.rb b/fastlane/lanes/screenshots.rb
index 65b59b86c5f7..ab0054b0641e 100644
--- a/fastlane/lanes/screenshots.rb
+++ b/fastlane/lanes/screenshots.rb
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
     end
     app = get_app_name_option!(options)
 
-    download_metadata_strings(app: app, skip_release_notes: true, skip_git_push: true) unless options.fetch(:skip_download_strings, false)
+    download_metadata_strings(app: app, skip_release_notes: true) unless options.fetch(:skip_download_strings, false)
 
     # Define intermediate folders
     raw_screenshots_dir = screenshots_dir(app: app, subfolder: 'raw')