diff --git a/lib/platform/git/storage.js b/lib/platform/git/storage.js
index 5305ca53f26b3618b1cf51fe4d5573e2a59f6286..c19e00e0f92a2ffe734ae7b75aaeebbc4596746a 100644
--- a/lib/platform/git/storage.js
+++ b/lib/platform/git/storage.js
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class Storage {
           git = Git(cwd).silent(true);
           await git.raw(['remote', 'set-url', 'origin', config.url]);
           const fetchStart = process.hrtime();
-          await git.fetch([config.url, '--depth=2', '--no-single-branch']);
+          await git.fetch([config.url, '--depth=2']);
           await determineBaseBranch();
           await resetToBranch(config.baseBranch);
           await cleanLocalBranches();