diff --git a/pkg/integration/components/runner.go b/pkg/integration/components/runner.go
index 9a787c864..40921fee9 100644
--- a/pkg/integration/components/runner.go
+++ b/pkg/integration/components/runner.go
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func buildLazygit() error {
 
 func createFixture(test *IntegrationTest, paths Paths, rootDir string) error {
 	shell := NewShell(paths.ActualRepo(), func(errorMsg string) { panic(errorMsg) })
-	shell.Init("master")
+	shell.Init()
 
 	os.Setenv(GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL_ENV_VAR, globalGitConfigPath(rootDir))
 
diff --git a/pkg/integration/components/shell.go b/pkg/integration/components/shell.go
index 03bd747e2..847e7bd70 100644
--- a/pkg/integration/components/shell.go
+++ b/pkg/integration/components/shell.go
@@ -254,8 +254,8 @@ func (self *Shell) StartBisect(good string, bad string) *Shell {
 	return self
 }
 
-func (self *Shell) Init(mainBranch string) *Shell {
-	self.RunCommand([]string{"git", "init", "-b", mainBranch})
+func (self *Shell) Init() *Shell {
+	self.RunCommand([]string{"git", "init", "-b", "master"})
 	return self
 }