diff --git a/dev-cpp/catch/catch-1.9999.ebuild b/dev-cpp/catch/catch-1.9999.ebuild
index 8949a527ca650..b6b3d982a71be 100644
--- a/dev-cpp/catch/catch-1.9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-cpp/catch/catch-1.9999.ebuild
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 EAPI=6
 
 EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/philsquared/Catch.git"
-EGIT_BRANCH=master
+EGIT_BRANCH=Catch1.x
 inherit cmake-utils git-r3
 
 DESCRIPTION="Modern C++ header-only framework for unit-tests"
diff --git a/dev-cpp/catch/catch-9999.ebuild b/dev-cpp/catch/catch-9999.ebuild
index 5ca782d46a215..41195675fe3b4 100644
--- a/dev-cpp/catch/catch-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-cpp/catch/catch-9999.ebuild
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 EAPI=6
 
 EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/philsquared/Catch.git"
-EGIT_BRANCH=catch2
 inherit cmake-utils git-r3
 
 DESCRIPTION="Modern C++ header-only framework for unit-tests"