diff --git a/git_update.sh b/git_update.sh
index 8a93572..74589dc 100755
--- a/git_update.sh
+++ b/git_update.sh
@@ -73,11 +73,6 @@ run cd "$dst"
 
 if [ -d .git ] ; then
 
-	# Compute git branch and tag
-	tagref=
-    if [ -n "$tag" ] ; then
-        tagref="tags/$tag"
-    fi
 	run git submodule update --init --recursive --force --depth=1 --remote 
 	run git fetch --tags --depth=1 --prune --prune-tags origin $ref
 	run git reset --hard FETCH_HEAD