diff --git a/doc/developer/building-frr-for-debian9.rst b/doc/developer/building-frr-for-debian9.rst
index 7dad9a7bd4..afcbae0819 100644
--- a/doc/developer/building-frr-for-debian9.rst
+++ b/doc/developer/building-frr-for-debian9.rst
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ an example.)
 
     git clone https://github.com/frrouting/frr.git frr
     cd frr
-    git checkout stable/3.0
     ./bootstrap.sh
     ./configure \
         --enable-exampledir=/usr/share/doc/frr/examples/ \