diff --git a/.github/workflows/backport.yml b/.github/workflows/backport.yml
index d8aa92eec90..a0380efc761 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backport.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backport.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check out repository code
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
-          - fetch-depth: 0 # otherwise we will have no info about branches
+          fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Cherry pick
         env:
           TEMP_PATH: ${{runner.temp}}/cherry_pick