diff --git a/docs/learn/tutorials/versioned/hello-samza-high-level-code.md b/docs/learn/tutorials/versioned/hello-samza-high-level-code.md
index 2f6a4a6..ce6574e 100644
--- a/docs/learn/tutorials/versioned/hello-samza-high-level-code.md
+++ b/docs/learn/tutorials/versioned/hello-samza-high-level-code.md
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 {% highlight bash %}
 git clone https://git.apache.org/samza-hello-samza.git hello-samza
 cd hello-samza
-git checkout latest
 {% endhighlight %}
 
 This project already contains implementations of the wikipedia application using both the low-level task API and the high-level API. The low-level task implementations are in the `samza.examples.wikipedia.task` package. The high-level application implementation is in the `samza.examples.wikipedia.application` package.
diff --git a/docs/learn/tutorials/versioned/hello-samza-high-level-yarn.md b/docs/learn/tutorials/versioned/hello-samza-high-level-yarn.md
index d5b4b95..023eb36 100644
--- a/docs/learn/tutorials/versioned/hello-samza-high-level-yarn.md
+++ b/docs/learn/tutorials/versioned/hello-samza-high-level-yarn.md
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 {% highlight bash %}
 git clone https://git.apache.org/samza-hello-samza.git hello-samza
 cd hello-samza
-git checkout latest
 {% endhighlight %}
 
 This project contains everything you'll need to run your first Samza application.
diff --git a/docs/learn/tutorials/versioned/hello-samza-high-level-zk.md b/docs/learn/tutorials/versioned/hello-samza-high-level-zk.md
index 2258e06..e3ae409 100644
--- a/docs/learn/tutorials/versioned/hello-samza-high-level-zk.md
+++ b/docs/learn/tutorials/versioned/hello-samza-high-level-zk.md
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 {% highlight bash %}
 git clone https://git.apache.org/samza-hello-samza.git hello-samza
 cd hello-samza
-git checkout latest
 {% endhighlight %}
 
 The project comes up with numerous examples and for this tutorial, we will pick the Wikipedia application.
diff --git a/docs/startup/hello-samza/versioned/index.md b/docs/startup/hello-samza/versioned/index.md
index 735d9f7..53c8cb6 100644
--- a/docs/startup/hello-samza/versioned/index.md
+++ b/docs/startup/hello-samza/versioned/index.md
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 {% highlight bash %}
 git clone https://git.apache.org/samza-hello-samza.git hello-samza
 cd hello-samza
-git checkout latest
 {% endhighlight %}
 
 This project contains everything you'll need to run your first Samza jobs.