diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 6c945d482..7493c477e 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -30,10 +30,9 @@ Don't feel bad if we can't reproduce the issue and ask you for more information!
 git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/BotFramework-Emulator.git
 ```
 
-### Checkout v4 branch
+### Navigate to the project
 ```
 cd BotFramework-Emulator
-git checkout v4
 ```
 
 ### Install global dependencies