diff --git a/.ci/rebuild_updated_recipes.py b/.ci/rebuild_updated_recipes.py
index 292f4500..d62ff099 100644
--- a/.ci/rebuild_updated_recipes.py
+++ b/.ci/rebuild_updated_recipes.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 from constants import CORE_RECIPES, BROKEN_RECIPES
 
 
-def modified_recipes(branch="origin/master"):
+def modified_recipes(branch="master"):
     """
     Returns a set of modified recipes between the current branch and the one
     in param.
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def modified_recipes(branch="origin/master"):
     # using the contrib version on purpose rather than sh.git, since it comes
     # with a bunch of fixes, e.g. disabled TTY, see:
     # https://stackoverflow.com/a/20128598/185510
-    sh.contrib.git.fetch("origin", "master")
+    # sh.contrib.git.fetch("origin", "master")
     git_diff = sh.contrib.git.diff("--name-only", "--diff-filter=d", branch)
     recipes = set()
     for file_path in git_diff: