diff --git a/api/controllers/v2/github.ts b/api/controllers/v2/github.ts
index 2328acf58..a5c2b855d 100644
--- a/api/controllers/v2/github.ts
+++ b/api/controllers/v2/github.ts
@@ -174,14 +174,6 @@ export const triggerSmokeTestAutomatedBuild = async (event: APIGatewayEvent): Pr
         ' completed successfully but only Deploy Staging ECS workflow completion will trigger smoke test site deployments',
     };
 
-  return {
-    statusCode: 202,
-    headers: { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' },
-    body:
-      'Build on branch' +
-      body.workflow_run.head_branch +
-      ' will not trigger site deployments as it was not on master branch in upstream repo',
-  };
   // if the build was not building master, no need for smoke test sites
   if (body.workflow_run.head_branch != 'main' || body.repository.fork) {
     console.log('Build was not on master branch in main repo, sites will not deploy as no smoke tests are needed');
@@ -189,7 +181,7 @@ export const triggerSmokeTestAutomatedBuild = async (event: APIGatewayEvent): Pr
       statusCode: 202,
       headers: { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' },
       body:
-        'Build on branch' +
+        'Build on branch ' +
         body.workflow_run.head_branch +
         ' will not trigger site deployments as it was not on master branch in upstream repo',
     };