diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/gitsm.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/gitsm.py
index c5f7c03c4c..fee40cdcb4 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/gitsm.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/gitsm.py
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ class GitSM(Git):
             url += ';protocol=%s' % proto
             url += ";name=%s" % module
             url += ";subpath=%s" % module
+            url += ";nobranch=1"
 
             ld = d.createCopy()
             # Not necessary to set SRC_URI, since we're passing the URI to