diff --git a/pkg/recipe/recipe.go b/pkg/recipe/recipe.go
index 69c646af..ca5aabfc 100644
--- a/pkg/recipe/recipe.go
+++ b/pkg/recipe/recipe.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 	composetypes "github.com/docker/cli/cli/compose/types"
 	"github.com/docker/distribution/reference"
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5"
-	gitConfig "github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/config"
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
@@ -647,12 +646,7 @@ func EnsureUpToDate(recipeName string, conf *runtime.Config) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unable to check out default branch in %s: %s", recipeDir, err)
 	}
 
-	fetchOpts := &git.FetchOptions{
-		Tags: git.AllTags,
-		RefSpecs: []gitConfig.RefSpec{
-			gitConfig.RefSpec(fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", branch, branch)),
-		},
-	}
+	fetchOpts := &git.FetchOptions{Tags: git.AllTags}
 	if err := repo.Fetch(fetchOpts); err != nil {
 		if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "already up-to-date") {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unable to fetch tags in %s: %s", recipeDir, err)