diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index ca66cfdcd1263cb7c9ddcfab1b9173df0de30e91..1ab6d0b66b25381f1b41add1a97443b65c735471 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "tests/tests_api"]
 	path = tests/tests_api
 	url = ../../hive/tests_api.git
-	branch = jsalyers-blacklist-updates