diff --git a/src/job/job.py b/src/job/job.py
index 08c37695c..3a56e7c9a 100755
--- a/src/job/job.py
+++ b/src/job/job.py
@@ -190,9 +190,7 @@ def clone_repo(self, commit, clone_url, branch, ref, full_history, sub_path=None
         c.execute(['git', 'config', 'remote.origin.url', clone_url], cwd=mount_repo_dir, show=True)
         c.execute(['git', 'config', 'remote.origin.fetch', '+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*'],
                   cwd=mount_repo_dir, show=True)
-
-        if not full_history:
-            c.execute(['git', 'fetch', 'origin', commit], cwd=mount_repo_dir, show=True, retry=True)
+        c.execute(['git', 'fetch', 'origin', commit], cwd=mount_repo_dir, show=True, retry=True)
 
         cmd = ['git', 'checkout', '-qf', commit]