diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_packages.yaml b/.github/workflows/build_packages.yaml
index 7430b32ff..c49ada55c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_packages.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_packages.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 geisserml <geisserml@gmail.com>
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause
 
-# NOTE only runs from main branch for now
-
 name: Build Packages
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
diff --git a/setupsrc/pypdfium2_setup/autorelease.py b/setupsrc/pypdfium2_setup/autorelease.py
index d4b57affa..b541d9773 100644
--- a/setupsrc/pypdfium2_setup/autorelease.py
+++ b/setupsrc/pypdfium2_setup/autorelease.py
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ def log_changes(summary, prev_ns, curr_ns):
 
 
 def register_changes(curr_ns):
-    run_local(["git", "checkout", "-B", "autorelease_tmp", "main"])
+    run_local(["git", "checkout", "-B", "autorelease_tmp"])  #, "origin/main"
     run_local(["git", "add", AutoreleaseDir, VersionFile, Changelog, ChangelogStaging])
     run_local(["git", "commit", "-m", "[autorelease] update changelog and version file"])
     # NOTE the actually pushed tag will be a different one, but it's nevertheless convenient to have this here because of the changelog