diff --git a/.gitlab/check_dead_branches.sh b/.gitlab/check_dead_branches.sh
index ec6ead25f5..2bbf6f4d2d 100644
--- a/.gitlab/check_dead_branches.sh
+++ b/.gitlab/check_dead_branches.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 printf "\e[0Ksection_start:`date +%s`:branch_check[collapsed=false]\r\e[0KChecking for dead branches\n"
-git branch -r | grep -v 'origin/HEAD' | grep -v "origin/$CI_COMMIT_SHA" | while IFS= read remote_branch; do
+git branch -r | grep -v 'origin/HEAD' | grep -v "origin/$CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH" | while IFS= read remote_branch; do
   remote_branch=$(printf "%s\n" "$remote_branch" | sed 's/^ *//;s/ *$//')
   branch_name=$(printf "%s\n" "$remote_branch" | sed 's|origin/||')
   
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ git branch -r | grep -v 'origin/HEAD' | grep -v "origin/$CI_COMMIT_SHA" | while
     continue
   fi
   ## Skip recently created branches
-  if [ "$(git rev-parse "$remote_branch")" = "$(git rev-parse "$CI_COMMIT_SHA")" ] && [ "$branch_name" != "$CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH" ]; then
+  if [ "$(git rev-parse "$remote_branch")" = "$(git rev-parse "$CI_COMMIT_SHA")" ]; then
     printf "\033[33m(SKIP)\033[0m: $branch_name is identical to $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH but no problem\n"
     continue
   fi