diff --git a/contrib/ci/flatpak.sh b/contrib/ci/flatpak.sh
index 390a9a95f..142ed1be9 100755
--- a/contrib/ci/flatpak.sh
+++ b/contrib/ci/flatpak.sh
@@ -2,37 +2,13 @@
 set -e
 set -x
 
-# get the correct branch to use
-if [ -z "$FWUPD_BRANCH" ]; then
-    if [ -n $TRAVIS_BRANCH ]; then
-        export FWUPD_BRANCH=$TRAVIS_BRANCH
-    fi
-    if [ -n $TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST_BRANCH ]; then
-        export FWUPD_BRANCH=$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST_BRANCH
-    fi
-fi
-if [ -z "$FWUPD_BRANCH" ]; then
-    GIT_BRANCH=`git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD`
-    if [ $GIT_BRANCH != "HEAD" ]; then
-        export FWUPD_BRANCH=$GIT_BRANCH
-    fi
-fi
-if [ -z "$FWUPD_BRANCH" ]; then
-    exit 0
-fi
-
 # install the runtimes
 flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
 flatpak install flathub runtime/org.gnome.Sdk/x86_64/3.28
 flatpak install flathub runtime/org.gnome.Platform/x86_64/3.28
 
-# copy in the branch
-rm -rf build
-mkdir build
-envsubst < contrib/org.freedesktop.fwupd.json > build/org.freedesktop.fwupd.json
-
 # build the repo
-flatpak-builder --repo=repo --force-clean --disable-rofiles-fuse build-dir build/org.freedesktop.fwupd.json
+flatpak-builder --repo=repo --force-clean --disable-rofiles-fuse build-dir contrib/org.freedesktop.fwupd.json
 
 # show the files that were included
 tree build-dir
diff --git a/contrib/org.freedesktop.fwupd.json b/contrib/org.freedesktop.fwupd.json
index 7ad7bcdea..1ece776da 100644
--- a/contrib/org.freedesktop.fwupd.json
+++ b/contrib/org.freedesktop.fwupd.json
@@ -165,9 +165,8 @@
             ],
             "sources": [
                 {
-                    "type": "git",
-                    "url": "https://github.com/hughsie/fwupd.git",
-                    "branch": "$FWUPD_BRANCH"
+                    "type": "dir",
+                    "path": ".."
                 }
             ]
         }