diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/remote-servers-git/src/com/intellij/remoteServer/util/importProject/CloudGitProjectStructureDetector.java b/plugins/git4idea/remote-servers-git/src/com/intellij/remoteServer/util/importProject/CloudGitProjectStructureDetector.java
index 9b64a5b76e59..df1066727f61 100644
--- a/plugins/git4idea/remote-servers-git/src/com/intellij/remoteServer/util/importProject/CloudGitProjectStructureDetector.java
+++ b/plugins/git4idea/remote-servers-git/src/com/intellij/remoteServer/util/importProject/CloudGitProjectStructureDetector.java
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ public class CloudGitProjectStructureDetector extends ProjectStructureDetector {
 
     Project project = ProjectManager.getInstance().getDefaultProject();
     GitRepository repository = GitRepositoryImpl.getInstance(repositoryRoot, project, false);
-    repository.update();
 
     for (CloudGitDeploymentDetector deploymentDetector : CloudGitDeploymentDetector.EP_NAME.getExtensions()) {
       String applicationName = deploymentDetector.getFirstApplicationName(repository);