diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 08687276e..403520b66 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ The following CMake variables are declared:
 - `LIB_INSTALL_DIR`: Where to install libraries to.
 - `INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR`: Where to install headers to.
 - `BUILD_SHARED_LIBS`: Build libgit2 as a Shared Library (defaults to ON)
-- `BUILD_CLAR`: Build [Clar](https://github.com/tanoku/clar)-based test suite (defaults to ON)
+- `BUILD_CLAR`: Build [Clar](https://github.com/vmg/clar)-based test suite (defaults to ON)
 - `THREADSAFE`: Build libgit2 with threading support (defaults to OFF)
 
 Language Bindings
diff --git a/src/repository.c b/src/repository.c
index 0e416e0b8..fbae8935b 100644
--- a/src/repository.c
+++ b/src/repository.c
@@ -1552,9 +1552,6 @@ int git_repository_state(git_repository *repo)
 
 	assert(repo);
 
-	if (!git_repository_head_detached(repo))
-		return state;
-
 	if (git_buf_puts(&repo_path, repo->path_repository) < 0)
 		return -1;
 
diff --git a/tests-clar/repo/state.c b/tests-clar/repo/state.c
index c0aba1987..5a0a5f360 100644
--- a/tests-clar/repo/state.c
+++ b/tests-clar/repo/state.c
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ static void setup_simple_state(const char *filename)
 	cl_git_pass(git_buf_joinpath(&_path, git_repository_path(_repo), filename));
 	git_futils_mkpath2file(git_buf_cstr(&_path), 0777);
 	cl_git_mkfile(git_buf_cstr(&_path), "dummy");
-
-	cl_git_pass(git_repository_detach_head(_repo));
 }
 
 static void assert_repo_state(git_repository_state_t state)