diff --git a/ci/meta-openembedded.yml b/ci/meta-openembedded.yml
index 3a8e507d4a7..499216bfaa3 100644
--- a/ci/meta-openembedded.yml
+++ b/ci/meta-openembedded.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ header:
 repos:
   meta-openembedded:
     url: https://git.openembedded.org/meta-openembedded
-    branch: master
     layers:
       meta-filesystems:
       meta-networking: