fix
diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index 9c0d21d..ba568f5 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 cd _staging/
 git clone git@github.com:apache/incubator-druid.git
 cd incubator-druid/
-git checkout $commitish
 
 if [ "$#" -gt 1 ]; then
   git checkout $2