diff --git a/remote/gitlab/client/project.go b/remote/gitlab/client/project.go
index 287655e22..f21f1a48a 100644
--- a/remote/gitlab/client/project.go
+++ b/remote/gitlab/client/project.go
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func (c *Client) RepoRawFileRef(id, ref, filepath string) ([]byte, error) {
 		},
 		QMap{
 			"filepath": filepath,
-			"ref":      strings.TrimPrefix(ref, "refs/heads/"),
+			"ref":      ref,
 		},
 	)