diff --git a/ext/toolchain/commands1.py b/ext/toolchain/commands1.py
index 1c750a1d..777d7e98 100644
--- a/ext/toolchain/commands1.py
+++ b/ext/toolchain/commands1.py
@@ -1440,13 +1440,13 @@ class InternalCommands:
 		raise Exception('Could not find package name with pattern: ' + pattern)
 	
 	def dist_name_rev(self, type):
-		branch = "heads/" + self.getGitBranchName()
+		branch = self.getGitBranchName()
 		revision = self.getGitRevision()
 
 		# sometimes, git will prepend "heads/" infront of the branch name,
 		# remove this as it's not useful to us and causes ftp issues.
 		branch = re.sub("heads/", "", branch)
-		
+
 		# find the version number (we're puting the rev in after this)
 		pattern = '(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)'
 		replace = "%s-%s" % (branch, revision)