diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 46b136f..679c504 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Verify commit exists in origin/master
-        run: |
-          git fetch --no-tags --prune --depth=1 origin +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
-          git branch --remote --contains | grep origin/master
       - name: Set VERSION variable from tag
         run: echo "VERSION=${GITHUB_REF/refs\/tags\/v/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Build