diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index c9292f202..bba5a1251 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -473,9 +473,6 @@ jobs:
             qt
             sqlite
       - checkout
-      - run:
-          name: Checkout qt5 branch
-          command: git checkout qt5
       - run:
           name: cmake
           command: >