diff --git a/eobuilder-ctl b/eobuilder-ctl
index 4ee77dd..d82f295 100755
--- a/eobuilder-ctl
+++ b/eobuilder-ctl
@@ -440,7 +440,6 @@ def get_git_branch_name(project_reference):
 
 
 def setup_git_tree(project_reference, options):
-    project_name = get_git_project_name(project_reference)
     git_project_path = get_git_project_path(project_reference)
     if options.branch and options.branch.startswith('wip/'):
         if os.path.exists(git_project_path):
@@ -465,7 +464,7 @@ def setup_git_tree(project_reference, options):
         else:
             parsed = urllib.parse.urlparse(project_reference)
             if not parsed.netloc:
-                project_url = urllib.parse.urljoin(settings.GIT_REPOSITORY_URL, project_name) + '.git'
+                project_url = urllib.parse.urljoin(settings.GIT_REPOSITORY_URL, project_reference) + '.git'
             else:
                 project_url = project_reference
             call("git clone %s" % project_url)