diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 7d41184b5b..40dbf27080 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ async function run(context, plugins) {
 
     logger.log('Create tag %s', nextRelease.gitTag);
     await tag(nextRelease.gitTag, nextRelease.gitHead, {cwd, env});
-    await push(options.repositoryUrl, context.branch.name, {cwd, env});
+    await push(options.repositoryUrl, {cwd, env});
     context.branch.tags.push({
       version: nextRelease.version,
       channel: nextRelease.channel,
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ async function run(context, plugins) {
   } else {
     // Create the tag before calling the publish plugins as some require the tag to exists
     await tag(nextRelease.gitTag, nextRelease.gitHead, {cwd, env});
-    await push(options.repositoryUrl, context.branch.name, {cwd, env});
+    await push(options.repositoryUrl, {cwd, env});
     logger.success(`Created tag ${nextRelease.gitTag}`);
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/git.js b/lib/git.js
index 63ec5112c3..c50308758f 100644
--- a/lib/git.js
+++ b/lib/git.js
@@ -229,12 +229,11 @@ async function tag(tagName, ref, execaOpts) {
  * Push to the remote repository.
  *
  * @param {String} repositoryUrl The remote repository URL.
- * @param {String} branch The branch to push.
  * @param {Object} [execaOpts] Options to pass to `execa`.
  *
  * @throws {Error} if the push failed.
  */
-async function push(repositoryUrl, branch, execaOpts) {
+async function push(repositoryUrl, execaOpts) {
   await execa('git', ['push', '--tags', repositoryUrl], execaOpts);
 }
 
diff --git a/test/git.test.js b/test/git.test.js
index 82288b10a2..c0ab6e97ef 100644
--- a/test/git.test.js
+++ b/test/git.test.js
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ test('Push tag to remote repository', async t => {
   const commits = await gitCommits(['Test commit'], {cwd});
 
   await tag('tag_name', 'HEAD', {cwd});
-  await push(repositoryUrl, 'master', {cwd});
+  await push(repositoryUrl, {cwd});
 
   t.is(await gitRemoteTagHead(repositoryUrl, 'tag_name', {cwd}), commits[0].hash);
 });
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ test('Push tag to remote repository with remote branch ahead', async t => {
   await gitPush('origin', 'master', {cwd: tmpRepo});
 
   await tag('tag_name', 'HEAD', {cwd});
-  await push(repositoryUrl, 'master', {cwd});
+  await push(repositoryUrl, {cwd});
 
   t.is(await gitRemoteTagHead(repositoryUrl, 'tag_name', {cwd}), commits[0].hash);
 });