diff --git a/recipes-osmocom/libosmocore/libosmocore_git.bb b/recipes-osmocom/libosmocore/libosmocore_git.bb
index e8db2bc99a..9101886c66 100644
--- a/recipes-osmocom/libosmocore/libosmocore_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-osmocom/libosmocore/libosmocore_git.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require ${PN}.inc
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 SRCREV = "70fcbda6dd733a503e9a046e01986d8bfc2e2bb2"
-SRC_URI = "git://git.osmocom.org/libosmocore.git;protocol=git"
+SRC_URI = "git://git.osmocom.org/libosmocore.git;protocol=git;nobranch=1"
 PV = "0.9.0+gitr${SRCPV}"
 PR = "r0"