diff --git a/scripts/get-preview-version.sh b/scripts/get-preview-version.sh
index 3d7f1e4fd..09a4b7557 100755
--- a/scripts/get-preview-version.sh
+++ b/scripts/get-preview-version.sh
@@ -17,16 +17,6 @@
 
 set -e
 
-export branch=$(git status --branch --porcelain | cut -d' ' -f2)
-
-if [[ $branch =~ main ]]
-then
- printf "On branch main, continuing\n" 1>&2
-else
- printf "Not branch main, bailing out\n" 1>&2
- exit 2
-fi
-
 export REVISION=$(mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression=revision -q -DforceStdout)
 if [[ $REVISION =~ ([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)-SNAPSHOT ]]
 then
diff --git a/scripts/get-release-version.sh b/scripts/get-release-version.sh
index 91beeb043..6ae789234 100755
--- a/scripts/get-release-version.sh
+++ b/scripts/get-release-version.sh
@@ -17,16 +17,6 @@
 
 set -e
 
-#export branch=$(git status --branch --porcelain | cut -d' ' -f2)
-#if [[ $branch =~ main ]]
-#then
-# printf "On branch main, continuing\n" 1>&2
-#else
-# printf "Not branch main, bailing out\n" 1>&2
-# exit 2
-#fi
-
-
 export REVISION=$(mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression=revision -q -DforceStdout)
 if [[ $REVISION =~ ^([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)-SNAPSHOT$ ]]
 then