diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index d9c4b4e5ad..790f2f7a8c 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ APACHE_MIRROR = "https://archive.apache.org/dist"
 CPAN_MIRROR = "https://search.cpan.org/CPAN"
 DEBIAN_MIRROR = "http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool"
 GENTOO_MIRROR = "http://distfiles.gentoo.org/distfiles"
-GNOME_GIT = "git://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME;branch=master"
+GNOME_GIT = "git://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME"
 GNOME_MIRROR = "https://download.gnome.org/sources/"
 GNU_MIRROR = "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu"
 GNUPG_MIRROR = "https://www.gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt"