diff --git a/crates/fs/src/fake_git_repo.rs b/crates/fs/src/fake_git_repo.rs
index 419bf1c682b82f5509a20c91d55b04a8248ffd20..62e6522af98ae6508db355c699559d457056a7e1 100644
--- a/crates/fs/src/fake_git_repo.rs
+++ b/crates/fs/src/fake_git_repo.rs
@@ -610,8 +610,6 @@ impl GitRepository for FakeGitRepository {
                     let ref_name = format!("refs/heads/{branch_name}");
                     state.refs.insert(ref_name, sha);
                     state.branches.insert(branch_name);
-                } else {
-                    state.refs.insert("HEAD".into(), sha);
                 }
                 Ok::<(), anyhow::Error>(())
             })??;