diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/xmlto/xmlto_0.0.29.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/xmlto/xmlto_0.0.29.bb
index 4e969fc12f..1415e5d781 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/xmlto/xmlto_0.0.29.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/xmlto/xmlto_0.0.29.bb
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=59530bdf33659b29e73d4adb9f9f6552"
 
 SRCREV = "74862a684907ada3d4ed2ce0f8111adf626e1456"
-UPSTREAM_CHECK_COMMITS = "1"
 SRC_URI = "git://pagure.io/xmlto.git;protocol=https;branch=master"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"