diff --git a/scripts/variantstore/wdl/GvsJointVariantCalling.wdl b/scripts/variantstore/wdl/GvsJointVariantCalling.wdl
index af34379f67f..c3db899fa30 100644
--- a/scripts/variantstore/wdl/GvsJointVariantCalling.wdl
+++ b/scripts/variantstore/wdl/GvsJointVariantCalling.wdl
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ workflow GvsJointVariantCalling {
         Boolean use_classic_VQSR = true
         # Beta users have accounts with tighter quotas, and we must work around that
         Boolean tighter_gcp_quotas = true
-        String branch_name = "ah_var_store"
         # TODO should these all be exposed in this WDL?
         String? sample_id_column_name ## Note that a column WILL exist that is the <entity>_id from the table name. However, some users will want to specify an alternate column for the sample_name during ingest
         String? vcf_files_column_name
@@ -81,7 +80,6 @@ workflow GvsJointVariantCalling {
             SNP_VQSR_CLASSIC_mem_gb_override = SNP_VQSR_CLASSIC_mem_gb_override,
             drop_state = drop_state,
             is_beta_user = tighter_gcp_quotas,
-            branch_name = branch_name,
             sample_id_column_name = sample_id_column_name,
             vcf_files_column_name = vcf_files_column_name,
             vcf_index_files_column_name = vcf_index_files_column_name,
diff --git a/scripts/variantstore/wdl/GvsQuickstartVcfIntegration.wdl b/scripts/variantstore/wdl/GvsQuickstartVcfIntegration.wdl
index 45b56789295..2b23610bc08 100644
--- a/scripts/variantstore/wdl/GvsQuickstartVcfIntegration.wdl
+++ b/scripts/variantstore/wdl/GvsQuickstartVcfIntegration.wdl
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ workflow GvsQuickstartVcfIntegration {
             extract_do_not_filter_override = extract_do_not_filter_override,
             drop_state = drop_state,
             interval_list = interval_list,
-            branch_name = branch_name,
             sample_id_column_name = sample_id_column_name,
             vcf_files_column_name = vcf_files_column_name,
             vcf_index_files_column_name = vcf_index_files_column_name,
diff --git a/scripts/variantstore/wdl/GvsUnified.wdl b/scripts/variantstore/wdl/GvsUnified.wdl
index 08f02819360..bef5f898daa 100644
--- a/scripts/variantstore/wdl/GvsUnified.wdl
+++ b/scripts/variantstore/wdl/GvsUnified.wdl
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ workflow GvsUnified {
         Int? split_intervals_mem_override
         Boolean extract_do_not_filter_override = false
         # End GvsExtractCallset
-        String branch_name
         String? sample_id_column_name ## Note that a column WILL exist that is the <entity>_id from the table name. However, some users will want to specify an alternate column for the sample_name during ingest
         String? vcf_files_column_name
         String? vcf_index_files_column_name