diff --git a/treeherder/model/fixtures/repository.json b/treeherder/model/fixtures/repository.json
index d04d93066f9..c167a171a92 100644
--- a/treeherder/model/fixtures/repository.json
+++ b/treeherder/model/fixtures/repository.json
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@
         "dvcs_type": "hg",
         "name": "birch",
         "url": "https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/birch",
-        "active_status": "onhold",
+        "active_status": "active",
         "codebase": "gecko",
         "repository_group": 6,
         "description": ""