diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index f803695..2e22584 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -60,22 +60,6 @@ steps:
     GIT_USER:
       from_secret: GIT_USER
   
-- name: "check out product-development"
-  when:
-    branch:
-    - format-branch
-  image: alpine/git:latest
-  commands:
-    - git config credential.helper '!f() { sleep 1; echo "username=${GIT_USER}"; echo "password=${GIT_PASSWORD}"; }; f'
-    - git fetch
-    - git checkout product-development
-    - git merge format-branch
-  environment:
-    GIT_PASSWORD:
-      from_secret: GIT_PASSWORD
-    GIT_USER:
-      from_secret: GIT_USER
-
 - name: "convert to xml"
   image: sigyl/zone-10-batch2yaml:latest
   when: