diff --git a/app/workers/repository_import_worker.rb b/app/workers/repository_import_worker.rb
index 1de4916199..d18c0706b3 100644
--- a/app/workers/repository_import_worker.rb
+++ b/app/workers/repository_import_worker.rb
@@ -51,8 +51,5 @@ class RepositoryImportWorker
     end
 
     project.import_finish
-
-    # Explicitly update mirror so that upstream remote is created and fetched
-    project.update_mirror
   end
 end