diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dataspaces/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dataspaces/package.py
index d227d4ea3c..2f38710a58 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dataspaces/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dataspaces/package.py
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@ class Dataspaces(AutotoolsPackage):
 
     homepage = "http://www.dataspaces.org"
     url      = "https://dataspaces.rdi2.rutgers.edu/downloads/dataspaces-1.6.2.tar.gz"
-    git      = "https://github.com/melrom/dataspaces.git"
 
-    version('develop', branch='master')
     version('1.8.0', sha256='7f204bb3c03c2990f5a2d76a29185466b584793c63ada03e5e694627e6060605')
     version('1.6.2', sha256='3c43d551c1e8198a4ab269c83928e1dc6f8054e6d41ceaee45155d91a48cf9bf')