diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
index cfbbce5288..fed296097f 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
@@ -806,8 +806,8 @@ def _get_srcrev(d, method_name='sortable_revision'):
         return "", revs
 
 
-    if len(scms) == 1 and len(urldata[scms[0]].names) == 1:
-        autoinc, rev = getattr(urldata[scms[0]].method, method_name)(urldata[scms[0]], d, urldata[scms[0]].names[0])
+    if len(scms) == 1:
+        autoinc, rev = getattr(urldata[scms[0]].method, method_name)(urldata[scms[0]], d, urldata[scms[0]].name)
         revs.append(rev)
         if len(rev) > 10:
             rev = rev[:10]
@@ -828,13 +828,12 @@ def _get_srcrev(d, method_name='sortable_revision'):
     seenautoinc = False
     for scm in scms:
         ud = urldata[scm]
-        for name in ud.names:
-            autoinc, rev = getattr(ud.method, method_name)(ud, d, name)
-            revs.append(rev)
-            seenautoinc = seenautoinc or autoinc
-            if len(rev) > 10:
-                rev = rev[:10]
-            name_to_rev[name] = rev
+        autoinc, rev = getattr(ud.method, method_name)(ud, d, ud.name)
+        revs.append(rev)
+        seenautoinc = seenautoinc or autoinc
+        if len(rev) > 10:
+            rev = rev[:10]
+        name_to_rev[ud.name] = rev
     # Replace names by revisions in the SRCREV_FORMAT string. The approach used
     # here can handle names being prefixes of other names and names appearing
     # as substrings in revisions (in which case the name should not be
@@ -1345,7 +1344,9 @@ class FetchData(object):
             setattr(self, "%s_name" % checksum_id, checksum_name)
             setattr(self, "%s_expected" % checksum_id, checksum_expected)
 
-        self.names = self.parm.get("name",'default').split(',')
+        self.name = self.parm.get("name",'default')
+        if "," in self.name:
+            raise ParameterError("The fetcher no longer supports multiple name parameters in a single url", self.url)
 
         self.method = None
         for m in methods:
@@ -1397,13 +1398,7 @@ class FetchData(object):
         self.lockfile = basepath + '.lock'
 
     def setup_revisions(self, d):
-        self.revisions = {}
-        for name in self.names:
-            self.revisions[name] = srcrev_internal_helper(self, d, name)
-
-        # add compatibility code for non name specified case
-        if len(self.names) == 1:
-            self.revision = self.revisions[self.names[0]]
+        self.revision = srcrev_internal_helper(self, d, self.name)
 
     def setup_localpath(self, d):
         if not self.localpath:
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py
index 7fda9d2753..3a4ae6df45 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py
@@ -9,15 +9,6 @@ Supported SRC_URI options are:
 - branch
    The git branch to retrieve from. The default is "master"
 
-   This option also supports multiple branch fetching, with branches
-   separated by commas.  In multiple branches case, the name option
-   must have the same number of names to match the branches, which is
-   used to specify the SRC_REV for the branch
-   e.g:
-   SRC_URI="git://some.host/somepath;branch=branchX,branchY;name=nameX,nameY"
-   SRCREV_nameX = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
-   SRCREV_nameY = "YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY"
-
 - tag
     The git tag to retrieve. The default is "master"
 
@@ -192,13 +183,10 @@ class Git(FetchMethod):
         if ud.bareclone:
             ud.nocheckout = 1
   
-        ud.unresolvedrev = {}
-        branches = ud.parm.get("branch", "").split(',')
-        if branches == [""] and not ud.nobranch:
-            bb.warn("URL: %s does not set any branch parameter. The future default branch used by tools and repositories is uncertain and we will therefore soon require this is set in all git urls." % ud.url)
-            branches = ["master"]
-        if len(branches) != len(ud.names):
-            raise bb.fetch2.ParameterError("The number of name and branch parameters is not balanced", ud.url)
+        ud.unresolvedrev = ""
+        ud.branch = ud.parm.get("branch", "")
+        if not ud.branch and not ud.nobranch:
+            raise bb.fetch2.ParameterError("The url does not set any branch parameter or set nobranch=1.", ud.url)
 
         ud.noshared = d.getVar("BB_GIT_NOSHARED") == "1"
 
@@ -227,32 +215,27 @@ class Git(FetchMethod):
 
         revs_default = d.getVar("BB_GIT_SHALLOW_REVS")
         ud.shallow_revs = []
-        ud.branches = {}
-        for pos, name in enumerate(ud.names):
-            branch = branches[pos]
-            ud.branches[name] = branch
-            ud.unresolvedrev[name] = branch
 
-            shallow_depth = d.getVar("BB_GIT_SHALLOW_DEPTH_%s" % name)
-            if shallow_depth is not None:
-                try:
-                    shallow_depth = int(shallow_depth or 0)
-                except ValueError:
-                    raise bb.fetch2.FetchError("Invalid depth for BB_GIT_SHALLOW_DEPTH_%s: %s" % (name, shallow_depth))
-                else:
-                    if shallow_depth < 0:
-                        raise bb.fetch2.FetchError("Invalid depth for BB_GIT_SHALLOW_DEPTH_%s: %s" % (name, shallow_depth))
-                    ud.shallow_depths[name] = shallow_depth
+        ud.unresolvedrev = ud.branch
 
-            revs = d.getVar("BB_GIT_SHALLOW_REVS_%s" % name)
-            if revs is not None:
-                ud.shallow_revs.extend(revs.split())
-            elif revs_default is not None:
-                ud.shallow_revs.extend(revs_default.split())
+        shallow_depth = d.getVar("BB_GIT_SHALLOW_DEPTH_%s" % ud.name)
+        if shallow_depth is not None:
+            try:
+                shallow_depth = int(shallow_depth or 0)
+            except ValueError:
+                raise bb.fetch2.FetchError("Invalid depth for BB_GIT_SHALLOW_DEPTH_%s: %s" % (ud.name, shallow_depth))
+            else:
+                if shallow_depth < 0:
+                    raise bb.fetch2.FetchError("Invalid depth for BB_GIT_SHALLOW_DEPTH_%s: %s" % (ud.name, shallow_depth))
+                ud.shallow_depths[ud.name] = shallow_depth
 
-        if (ud.shallow and
-                not ud.shallow_revs and
-                all(ud.shallow_depths[n] == 0 for n in ud.names)):
+        revs = d.getVar("BB_GIT_SHALLOW_REVS_%s" % ud.name)
+        if revs is not None:
+            ud.shallow_revs.extend(revs.split())
+        elif revs_default is not None:
+            ud.shallow_revs.extend(revs_default.split())
+
+        if ud.shallow and not ud.shallow_revs and ud.shallow_depths[ud.name] == 0:
             # Shallow disabled for this URL
             ud.shallow = False
 
@@ -261,8 +244,7 @@ class Git(FetchMethod):
             # rev of this repository. This will get resolved into a revision
             # later. If an actual revision happens to have also been provided
             # then this setting will be overridden.
-            for name in ud.names:
-                ud.unresolvedrev[name] = 'HEAD'
+            ud.unresolvedrev = 'HEAD'
 
         ud.basecmd = d.getVar("FETCHCMD_git") or "git -c gc.autoDetach=false -c core.pager=cat -c safe.bareRepository=all -c clone.defaultRemoteName=origin"
 
@@ -272,16 +254,11 @@ class Git(FetchMethod):
 
         ud.setup_revisions(d)
 
-        for name in ud.names:
-            # Ensure any revision that doesn't look like a SHA-1 is translated into one
-            if not sha1_re.match(ud.revisions[name] or ''):
-                if ud.revisions[name]:
-                    ud.unresolvedrev[name] = ud.revisions[name]
-                ud.revisions[name] = self.latest_revision(ud, d, name)
-
-        if 'tag' in ud.parm:
-            if len(ud.revisions) != 1:
-                raise bb.fetch2.ParameterError("Git fetcher support for multiple tagged revisions not implemented", ud.url)
+        # Ensure any revision that doesn't look like a SHA-1 is translated into one
+        if not sha1_re.match(ud.revision or ''):
+            if ud.revision:
+                ud.unresolvedrev = ud.revision
+            ud.revision = self.latest_revision(ud, d, ud.name)
 
         gitsrcname = '%s%s' % (ud.host.replace(':', '.'), ud.path.replace('/', '.').replace('*', '.').replace(' ','_').replace('(', '_').replace(')', '_'))
         if gitsrcname.startswith('.'):
@@ -292,8 +269,7 @@ class Git(FetchMethod):
         # upstream repo in the future, the mirror will remain intact and still
         # contain the revision
         if ud.rebaseable:
-            for name in ud.names:
-                gitsrcname = gitsrcname + '_' + ud.revisions[name]
+            gitsrcname = gitsrcname + '_' + ud.revision
 
         dl_dir = d.getVar("DL_DIR")
         gitdir = d.getVar("GITDIR") or (dl_dir + "/git2")
@@ -311,15 +287,14 @@ class Git(FetchMethod):
             if ud.shallow_revs:
                 tarballname = "%s_%s" % (tarballname, "_".join(sorted(ud.shallow_revs)))
 
-            for name, revision in sorted(ud.revisions.items()):
-                tarballname = "%s_%s" % (tarballname, ud.revisions[name][:7])
-                depth = ud.shallow_depths[name]
-                if depth:
-                    tarballname = "%s-%s" % (tarballname, depth)
+            tarballname = "%s_%s" % (tarballname, ud.revision[:7])
+            depth = ud.shallow_depths[ud.name]
+            if depth:
+                tarballname = "%s-%s" % (tarballname, depth)
 
             shallow_refs = []
             if not ud.nobranch:
-                shallow_refs.extend(ud.branches.values())
+                shallow_refs.append(ud.branch)
             if ud.shallow_extra_refs:
                 shallow_refs.extend(r.replace('refs/heads/', '').replace('*', 'ALL') for r in ud.shallow_extra_refs)
             if shallow_refs:
@@ -344,18 +319,16 @@ class Git(FetchMethod):
             return True
         if ud.shallow and ud.write_shallow_tarballs and self.clonedir_need_shallow_revs(ud, d):
             return True
-        for name in ud.names:
-            if not self._contains_ref(ud, d, name, ud.clonedir):
-                return True
+        if not self._contains_ref(ud, d, ud.name, ud.clonedir):
+            return True
         return False
 
     def lfs_need_update(self, ud, d):
         if self.clonedir_need_update(ud, d):
             return True
 
-        for name in ud.names:
-            if not self._lfs_objects_downloaded(ud, d, name, ud.clonedir):
-                return True
+        if not self._lfs_objects_downloaded(ud, d, ud.name, ud.clonedir):
+            return True
         return False
 
     def clonedir_need_shallow_revs(self, ud, d):
@@ -497,9 +470,8 @@ class Git(FetchMethod):
                 if exc.errno != errno.ENOENT:
                     raise
 
-        for name in ud.names:
-            if not self._contains_ref(ud, d, name, ud.clonedir):
-                raise bb.fetch2.FetchError("Unable to find revision %s in branch %s even from upstream" % (ud.revisions[name], ud.branches[name]))
+        if not self._contains_ref(ud, d, ud.name, ud.clonedir):
+            raise bb.fetch2.FetchError("Unable to find revision %s in branch %s even from upstream" % (ud.revision, ud.branch))
 
         if ud.shallow and ud.write_shallow_tarballs:
             missing_rev = self.clonedir_need_shallow_revs(ud, d)
@@ -627,45 +599,44 @@ class Git(FetchMethod):
         for revision in ud.shallow_revs:
             shallow_exclude += " --shallow-exclude=%s" % revision
 
-        for name in ud.names:
-            revision = ud.revisions[name]
-            depth = ud.shallow_depths[name]
+        revision = ud.revision
+        depth = ud.shallow_depths[ud.name]
 
-            # The --depth and --shallow-exclude can't be used together
-            if depth and shallow_exclude:
-                raise bb.fetch2.FetchError("BB_GIT_SHALLOW_REVS is set, but BB_GIT_SHALLOW_DEPTH is not 0.")
+        # The --depth and --shallow-exclude can't be used together
+        if depth and shallow_exclude:
+            raise bb.fetch2.FetchError("BB_GIT_SHALLOW_REVS is set, but BB_GIT_SHALLOW_DEPTH is not 0.")
 
-            # For nobranch, we need a ref, otherwise the commits will be
-            # removed, and for non-nobranch, we truncate the branch to our
-            # srcrev, to avoid keeping unnecessary history beyond that.
-            branch = ud.branches[name]
-            if ud.nobranch:
-                ref = "refs/shallow/%s" % name
-            elif ud.bareclone:
-                ref = "refs/heads/%s" % branch
-            else:
-                ref = "refs/remotes/origin/%s" % branch
+        # For nobranch, we need a ref, otherwise the commits will be
+        # removed, and for non-nobranch, we truncate the branch to our
+        # srcrev, to avoid keeping unnecessary history beyond that.
+        branch = ud.branch
+        if ud.nobranch:
+            ref = "refs/shallow/%s" % ud.name
+        elif ud.bareclone:
+            ref = "refs/heads/%s" % branch
+        else:
+            ref = "refs/remotes/origin/%s" % branch
 
-            fetch_cmd = "%s fetch origin %s" % (ud.basecmd, revision)
-            if depth:
-                fetch_cmd += " --depth %s" % depth
+        fetch_cmd = "%s fetch origin %s" % (ud.basecmd, revision)
+        if depth:
+            fetch_cmd += " --depth %s" % depth
 
-            if shallow_exclude:
-                fetch_cmd += shallow_exclude
+        if shallow_exclude:
+            fetch_cmd += shallow_exclude
 
-            # Advertise the revision for lower version git such as 2.25.1:
-            # error: Server does not allow request for unadvertised object.
-            # The ud.clonedir is a local temporary dir, will be removed when
-            # fetch is done, so we can do anything on it.
-            adv_cmd = 'git branch -f advertise-%s %s' % (revision, revision)
-            if ud.shallow_skip_fast:
-                runfetchcmd(adv_cmd, d, workdir=ud.clonedir)
+        # Advertise the revision for lower version git such as 2.25.1:
+        # error: Server does not allow request for unadvertised object.
+        # The ud.clonedir is a local temporary dir, will be removed when
+        # fetch is done, so we can do anything on it.
+        adv_cmd = 'git branch -f advertise-%s %s' % (revision, revision)
+        if ud.shallow_skip_fast:
+            runfetchcmd(adv_cmd, d, workdir=ud.clonedir)
 
-            runfetchcmd(fetch_cmd, d, workdir=dest)
-            runfetchcmd("%s update-ref %s %s" % (ud.basecmd, ref, revision), d, workdir=dest)
-            # Fetch Git LFS data for fast shallow clones
-            if not ud.shallow_skip_fast:
-                self.lfs_fetch(ud, d, dest, ud.revisions[ud.names[0]])
+        runfetchcmd(fetch_cmd, d, workdir=dest)
+        runfetchcmd("%s update-ref %s %s" % (ud.basecmd, ref, revision), d, workdir=dest)
+        # Fetch Git LFS data for fast shallow clones
+        if not ud.shallow_skip_fast:
+            self.lfs_fetch(ud, d, dest, ud.revision)
 
         # Apply extra ref wildcards
         all_refs_remote = runfetchcmd("%s ls-remote origin 'refs/*'" % ud.basecmd, \
@@ -774,17 +745,17 @@ class Git(FetchMethod):
 
         if not ud.nocheckout:
             if subpath:
-                runfetchcmd("%s read-tree %s%s" % (ud.basecmd, ud.revisions[ud.names[0]], readpathspec), d,
+                runfetchcmd("%s read-tree %s%s" % (ud.basecmd, ud.revision, readpathspec), d,
                             workdir=destdir)
                 runfetchcmd("%s checkout-index -q -f -a" % ud.basecmd, d, workdir=destdir)
             elif not ud.nobranch:
-                branchname =  ud.branches[ud.names[0]]
+                branchname =  ud.branch
                 runfetchcmd("%s checkout -B %s %s" % (ud.basecmd, branchname, \
-                            ud.revisions[ud.names[0]]), d, workdir=destdir)
+                            ud.revision), d, workdir=destdir)
                 runfetchcmd("%s branch %s --set-upstream-to origin/%s" % (ud.basecmd, branchname, \
                             branchname), d, workdir=destdir)
             else:
-                runfetchcmd("%s checkout %s" % (ud.basecmd, ud.revisions[ud.names[0]]), d, workdir=destdir)
+                runfetchcmd("%s checkout %s" % (ud.basecmd, ud.revision), d, workdir=destdir)
 
         return True
 
@@ -815,10 +786,10 @@ class Git(FetchMethod):
         cmd = ""
         if ud.nobranch:
             cmd = "%s log --pretty=oneline -n 1 %s -- 2> /dev/null | wc -l" % (
-                ud.basecmd, ud.revisions[name])
+                ud.basecmd, ud.revision)
         else:
             cmd =  "%s branch --contains %s --list %s 2> /dev/null | wc -l" % (
-                ud.basecmd, ud.revisions[name], ud.branches[name])
+                ud.basecmd, ud.revision, ud.branch)
         try:
             output = runfetchcmd(cmd, d, quiet=True, workdir=wd)
         except bb.fetch2.FetchError:
@@ -839,7 +810,7 @@ class Git(FetchMethod):
         # existence.
         # [1] https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/blob/main/docs/spec.md#intercepting-git
         cmd = "%s lfs ls-files -l %s" \
-                % (ud.basecmd, ud.revisions[name])
+                % (ud.basecmd, ud.revision)
         output = runfetchcmd(cmd, d, quiet=True, workdir=wd).rstrip()
         # Do not do any further matching if no objects are managed by LFS
         if not output:
@@ -866,12 +837,12 @@ class Git(FetchMethod):
 
         if ud.nobranch:
             # If no branch is specified, use the current git commit
-            refname = self._build_revision(ud, d, ud.names[0])
+            refname = self._build_revision(ud, d, ud.name)
         elif wd == ud.clonedir:
             # The bare clonedir doesn't use the remote names; it has the branch immediately.
-            refname = ud.branches[ud.names[0]]
+            refname = ud.branch
         else:
-            refname = "origin/%s" % ud.branches[ud.names[0]]
+            refname = "origin/%s" % ud.branch
 
         cmd = "%s grep lfs %s:.gitattributes | wc -l" % (
             ud.basecmd, refname)
@@ -910,7 +881,7 @@ class Git(FetchMethod):
         Return a unique key for the url
         """
         # Collapse adjacent slashes
-        return "git:" + ud.host + slash_re.sub(".", ud.path) + ud.unresolvedrev[name]
+        return "git:" + ud.host + slash_re.sub(".", ud.path) + ud.unresolvedrev
 
     def _lsremote(self, ud, d, search):
         """
@@ -943,26 +914,26 @@ class Git(FetchMethod):
         Compute the HEAD revision for the url
         """
         if not d.getVar("__BBSRCREV_SEEN"):
-            raise bb.fetch2.FetchError("Recipe uses a floating tag/branch '%s' for repo '%s' without a fixed SRCREV yet doesn't call bb.fetch2.get_srcrev() (use SRCPV in PV for OE)." % (ud.unresolvedrev[name], ud.host+ud.path))
+            raise bb.fetch2.FetchError("Recipe uses a floating tag/branch '%s' for repo '%s' without a fixed SRCREV yet doesn't call bb.fetch2.get_srcrev() (use SRCPV in PV for OE)." % (ud.unresolvedrev, ud.host+ud.path))
 
         # Ensure we mark as not cached
         bb.fetch2.mark_recipe_nocache(d)
 
         output = self._lsremote(ud, d, "")
         # Tags of the form ^{} may not work, need to fallback to other form
-        if ud.unresolvedrev[name][:5] == "refs/" or ud.usehead:
-            head = ud.unresolvedrev[name]
-            tag = ud.unresolvedrev[name]
+        if ud.unresolvedrev[:5] == "refs/" or ud.usehead:
+            head = ud.unresolvedrev
+            tag = ud.unresolvedrev
         else:
-            head = "refs/heads/%s" % ud.unresolvedrev[name]
-            tag = "refs/tags/%s" % ud.unresolvedrev[name]
+            head = "refs/heads/%s" % ud.unresolvedrev
+            tag = "refs/tags/%s" % ud.unresolvedrev
         for s in [head, tag + "^{}", tag]:
             for l in output.strip().split('\n'):
                 sha1, ref = l.split()
                 if s == ref:
                     return sha1
         raise bb.fetch2.FetchError("Unable to resolve '%s' in upstream git repository in git ls-remote output for %s" % \
-            (ud.unresolvedrev[name], ud.host+ud.path))
+            (ud.unresolvedrev, ud.host+ud.path))
 
     def latest_versionstring(self, ud, d):
         """
@@ -1013,7 +984,7 @@ class Git(FetchMethod):
         return pupver
 
     def _build_revision(self, ud, d, name):
-        return ud.revisions[name]
+        return ud.revision
 
     def gitpkgv_revision(self, ud, d, name):
         """
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/gitsm.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/gitsm.py
index 1c58230eac..f514aedaf1 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/gitsm.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/gitsm.py
@@ -62,36 +62,35 @@ class GitSM(Git):
             return modules
 
         # Collect the defined submodules, and their attributes
-        for name in ud.names:
+        try:
+            gitmodules = runfetchcmd("%s show %s:.gitmodules" % (ud.basecmd, ud.revision), d, quiet=True, workdir=workdir)
+        except:
+            # No submodules to update
+            gitmodules = ""
+
+        for m, md in parse_gitmodules(gitmodules).items():
             try:
-                gitmodules = runfetchcmd("%s show %s:.gitmodules" % (ud.basecmd, ud.revisions[name]), d, quiet=True, workdir=workdir)
+                module_hash = runfetchcmd("%s ls-tree -z -d %s %s" % (ud.basecmd, ud.revision, md['path']), d, quiet=True, workdir=workdir)
             except:
-                # No submodules to update
+                # If the command fails, we don't have a valid file to check.  If it doesn't
+                # fail -- it still might be a failure, see next check...
+                module_hash = ""
+
+            if not module_hash:
+                logger.debug("submodule %s is defined, but is not initialized in the repository. Skipping", m)
                 continue
 
-            for m, md in parse_gitmodules(gitmodules).items():
-                try:
-                    module_hash = runfetchcmd("%s ls-tree -z -d %s %s" % (ud.basecmd, ud.revisions[name], md['path']), d, quiet=True, workdir=workdir)
-                except:
-                    # If the command fails, we don't have a valid file to check.  If it doesn't
-                    # fail -- it still might be a failure, see next check...
-                    module_hash = ""
+            submodules.append(m)
+            paths[m] = md['path']
+            revision[m] = ud.revision
+            uris[m] = md['url']
+            subrevision[m] = module_hash.split()[2]
 
-                if not module_hash:
-                    logger.debug("submodule %s is defined, but is not initialized in the repository. Skipping", m)
-                    continue
-
-                submodules.append(m)
-                paths[m] = md['path']
-                revision[m] = ud.revisions[name]
-                uris[m] = md['url']
-                subrevision[m] = module_hash.split()[2]
-
-                # Convert relative to absolute uri based on parent uri
-                if  uris[m].startswith('..') or uris[m].startswith('./'):
-                    newud = copy.copy(ud)
-                    newud.path = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(newud.path, uris[m]))
-                    uris[m] = Git._get_repo_url(self, newud)
+            # Convert relative to absolute uri based on parent uri
+            if  uris[m].startswith('..') or uris[m].startswith('./'):
+                newud = copy.copy(ud)
+                newud.path = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(newud.path, uris[m]))
+                uris[m] = Git._get_repo_url(self, newud)
 
         for module in submodules:
             # Translate the module url into a SRC_URI
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/gomod.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/gomod.py
index 6c999e8ba0..03f649bc2f 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/gomod.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/gomod.py
@@ -190,15 +190,14 @@ class GoModGit(Git):
                 ud.path = ''
         if 'protocol' not in ud.parm:
             ud.parm['protocol'] = 'https'
-        name = f"{module}@{ud.parm['version']}"
-        ud.names = [name]
-        srcrev = d.getVar('SRCREV_' + name)
+        ud.name = f"{module}@{ud.parm['version']}"
+        srcrev = d.getVar('SRCREV_' + ud.name)
         if srcrev:
             if 'srcrev' not in ud.parm:
                 ud.parm['srcrev'] = srcrev
         else:
             if 'srcrev' in ud.parm:
-                d.setVar('SRCREV_' + name, ud.parm['srcrev'])
+                d.setVar('SRCREV_' + ud.name, ud.parm['srcrev'])
         if 'branch' not in ud.parm:
             ud.parm['nobranch'] = '1'
 
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/tests/fetch.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/tests/fetch.py
index 8fa870c8a1..486c10cd08 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/tests/fetch.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/tests/fetch.py
@@ -2060,60 +2060,6 @@ class GitShallowTest(FetcherTest):
             assert './.git/annex/' in bb.process.run('tar -tzf %s' % os.path.join(self.dldir, ud.mirrortarballs[0]))[0]
             assert os.path.exists(os.path.join(self.gitdir, 'c'))
 
-    def test_shallow_multi_one_uri(self):
-        # Create initial git repo
-        self.add_empty_file('a')
-        self.add_empty_file('b')
-        self.git('checkout -b a_branch', cwd=self.srcdir)
-        self.add_empty_file('c')
-        self.git('tag v0.0 HEAD', cwd=self.srcdir)
-        self.add_empty_file('d')
-        self.git('checkout master', cwd=self.srcdir)
-        self.add_empty_file('e')
-        self.git('merge --no-ff --no-edit a_branch', cwd=self.srcdir)
-        self.add_empty_file('f')
-        self.assertRevCount(7, cwd=self.srcdir)
-
-        uri = self.d.getVar('SRC_URI').split()[0]
-        uri = '%s;branch=master,a_branch;name=master,a_branch' % uri
-
-        self.d.setVar('BB_GIT_SHALLOW_DEPTH', '0')
-        self.d.setVar('BB_GIT_SHALLOW_REVS', 'v0.0')
-        self.d.setVar('SRCREV_master', '${AUTOREV}')
-        self.d.setVar('SRCREV_a_branch', '${AUTOREV}')
-
-        self.fetch_shallow(uri)
-
-        self.assertRevCount(4)
-        self.assertRefs(['master', 'origin/master', 'origin/a_branch'])
-
-    def test_shallow_multi_one_uri_depths(self):
-        # Create initial git repo
-        self.add_empty_file('a')
-        self.add_empty_file('b')
-        self.git('checkout -b a_branch', cwd=self.srcdir)
-        self.add_empty_file('c')
-        self.add_empty_file('d')
-        self.git('checkout master', cwd=self.srcdir)
-        self.add_empty_file('e')
-        self.git('merge --no-ff --no-edit a_branch', cwd=self.srcdir)
-        self.add_empty_file('f')
-        self.assertRevCount(7, cwd=self.srcdir)
-
-        uri = self.d.getVar('SRC_URI').split()[0]
-        uri = '%s;branch=master,a_branch;name=master,a_branch' % uri
-
-        self.d.setVar('BB_GIT_SHALLOW_DEPTH', '0')
-        self.d.setVar('BB_GIT_SHALLOW_DEPTH_master', '3')
-        self.d.setVar('BB_GIT_SHALLOW_DEPTH_a_branch', '1')
-        self.d.setVar('SRCREV_master', '${AUTOREV}')
-        self.d.setVar('SRCREV_a_branch', '${AUTOREV}')
-
-        self.fetch_shallow(uri)
-
-        self.assertRevCount(4, ['--all'])
-        self.assertRefs(['master', 'origin/master', 'origin/a_branch'])
-
     def test_shallow_clone_preferred_over_shallow(self):
         self.add_empty_file('a')
         self.add_empty_file('b')
@@ -3313,58 +3259,6 @@ class FetchPremirroronlyLocalTest(FetcherTest):
         with self.assertRaises(bb.fetch2.NetworkAccess):
             fetcher.download()
 
-    def test_mirror_tarball_multiple_branches(self):
-        """
-        test if PREMIRRORS can handle multiple name/branches correctly
-        both branches have required revisions
-        """
-        self.make_git_repo()
-        branch1rev = self.git_new_branch("testbranch1")
-        branch2rev = self.git_new_branch("testbranch2")
-        self.recipe_url = "git://git.fake.repo/bitbake;branch=testbranch1,testbranch2;protocol=https;name=branch1,branch2"
-        self.d.setVar("SRCREV_branch1", branch1rev)
-        self.d.setVar("SRCREV_branch2", branch2rev)
-        fetcher = bb.fetch.Fetch([self.recipe_url], self.d)
-        self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(self.mirrorfile), "Mirror file doesn't exist")
-        fetcher.download()
-        fetcher.unpack(os.path.join(self.tempdir, "unpacked"))
-        unpacked = os.path.join(self.tempdir, "unpacked", "git", self.testfilename)
-        self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(unpacked), "Repo has not been unpackaged properly!")
-        with open(unpacked, 'r') as f:
-            content = f.read()
-            ## We expect to see testbranch1 in the file, not master, not testbranch2
-            self.assertTrue(content.find("testbranch1") != -1, "Wrong branch has been checked out!")
-
-    def test_mirror_tarball_multiple_branches_nobranch(self):
-        """
-        test if PREMIRRORS can handle multiple name/branches correctly
-        Unbalanced name/branches raises ParameterError
-        """
-        self.make_git_repo()
-        branch1rev = self.git_new_branch("testbranch1")
-        branch2rev = self.git_new_branch("testbranch2")
-        self.recipe_url = "git://git.fake.repo/bitbake;branch=testbranch1;protocol=https;name=branch1,branch2"
-        self.d.setVar("SRCREV_branch1", branch1rev)
-        self.d.setVar("SRCREV_branch2", branch2rev)
-        with self.assertRaises(bb.fetch2.ParameterError):
-            fetcher = bb.fetch.Fetch([self.recipe_url], self.d)
-
-    def test_mirror_tarball_multiple_branches_norev(self):
-        """
-        test if PREMIRRORS can handle multiple name/branches correctly
-        one of the branches specifies non existing SRCREV
-        """
-        self.make_git_repo()
-        branch1rev = self.git_new_branch("testbranch1")
-        branch2rev = self.git_new_branch("testbranch2")
-        self.recipe_url = "git://git.fake.repo/bitbake;branch=testbranch1,testbranch2;protocol=https;name=branch1,branch2"
-        self.d.setVar("SRCREV_branch1", branch1rev)
-        self.d.setVar("SRCREV_branch2", "0"*40)
-        fetcher = bb.fetch.Fetch([self.recipe_url], self.d)
-        self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(self.mirrorfile), "Mirror file doesn't exist")
-        with self.assertRaises(bb.fetch2.NetworkAccess):
-            fetcher.download()
-
 
 class FetchPremirroronlyNetworkTest(FetcherTest):
 
@@ -3571,7 +3465,7 @@ class GoModGitTest(FetcherTest):
         ud = fetcher.ud[urls[0]]
         self.assertEqual(ud.host, 'go.googlesource.com')
         self.assertEqual(ud.path, '/net')
-        self.assertEqual(ud.names, ['golang.org/x/net@v0.9.0'])
+        self.assertEqual(ud.name, 'golang.org/x/net@v0.9.0')
         self.assertEqual(self.d.getVar('SRCREV_golang.org/x/net@v0.9.0'), '694cff8668bac64e0864b552bffc280cd27f21b1')
 
         fetcher.download()
@@ -3597,7 +3491,7 @@ class GoModGitTest(FetcherTest):
         self.assertEqual(ud.host, 'github.com')
         self.assertEqual(ud.path, '/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go')
         self.assertEqual(ud.parm['subpath'], 'sdk/storage/azblob')
-        self.assertEqual(ud.names, ['github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/storage/azblob@v1.0.0'])
+        self.assertEqual(ud.name, 'github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/storage/azblob@v1.0.0')
         self.assertEqual(self.d.getVar('SRCREV_github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/storage/azblob@v1.0.0'), 'ec928e0ed34db682b3f783d3739d1c538142e0c3')
 
         fetcher.download()
@@ -3621,7 +3515,7 @@ class GoModGitTest(FetcherTest):
         ud = fetcher.ud[urls[0]]
         self.assertEqual(ud.host, 'gopkg.in')
         self.assertEqual(ud.path, '/ini.v1')
-        self.assertEqual(ud.names, ['gopkg.in/ini.v1@v1.67.0'])
+        self.assertEqual(ud.name, 'gopkg.in/ini.v1@v1.67.0')
         self.assertEqual(ud.parm['srcrev'], 'b2f570e5b5b844226bbefe6fb521d891f529a951')
 
         fetcher.download()
@@ -3643,7 +3537,7 @@ class GoModGitTest(FetcherTest):
         ud = fetcher.ud[urls[0]]
         self.assertEqual(ud.host, 'gopkg.in')
         self.assertEqual(ud.path, '/ini.v1')
-        self.assertEqual(ud.names, ['gopkg.in/ini.v1@v1.67.0'])
+        self.assertEqual(ud.name, 'gopkg.in/ini.v1@v1.67.0')
         self.assertEqual(self.d.getVar('SRCREV_gopkg.in/ini.v1@v1.67.0'), 'b2f570e5b5b844226bbefe6fb521d891f529a951')
 
         fetcher.download()
@@ -3666,7 +3560,7 @@ class GoModGitTest(FetcherTest):
         ud = fetcher.ud[urls[0]]
         self.assertEqual(ud.host, 'github.com')
         self.assertEqual(ud.path, '/census-instrumentation/opencensus-go')
-        self.assertEqual(ud.names, ['go.opencensus.io@v0.24.0'])
+        self.assertEqual(ud.name, 'go.opencensus.io@v0.24.0')
         self.assertEqual(self.d.getVar('SRCREV_go.opencensus.io@v0.24.0'), 'b1a01ee95db0e690d91d7193d037447816fae4c5')
 
         fetcher.download()