diff --git a/redhat/release/update-to-head.sh b/redhat/release/update-to-head.sh
index 03c4cbad2..89ca79d5f 100755
--- a/redhat/release/update-to-head.sh
+++ b/redhat/release/update-to-head.sh
@@ -82,9 +82,6 @@ git add . # Adds applied patches
 git add $custom_files # Adds custom files
 git commit -m "${redhat_files_msg}"
 
-# Push the release-next branch
-git push -f origin "${redhat_ref}"
-
 # Trigger CI
 # TODO: Set up openshift or github CI to run on release-next-ci
 git checkout "${redhat_ref}" -B "${redhat_ref}"-ci