diff --git a/buildbot/buildbot_steps.sh b/buildbot/buildbot_steps.sh
index 3af5d28..bfa77be 100755
--- a/buildbot/buildbot_steps.sh
+++ b/buildbot/buildbot_steps.sh
@@ -174,10 +174,8 @@ function tag_head_and_push() {
         return 1
     fi
 
- 
-
     git tag -a "g_$(git rev-parse HEAD)" HEAD -m "BuildBot: tag commit for release $(git rev-parse HEAD)" || return 2
-    git push --tags "$remote" "$branch"
+    git push --tags origin master
     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
         >&2 echo 'Error during attempted git push of new tag'
         return 3