diff --git a/collections/multiclient/tasks/locking.yaml b/collections/multiclient/tasks/locking.yaml
index b691bb0d7f7..77eb7192a6d 100644
--- a/collections/multiclient/tasks/locking.yaml
+++ b/collections/multiclient/tasks/locking.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-kernel:
-  branch: master
 tasks:
 - ceph:
 - kclient:
@@ -9,4 +7,4 @@ tasks:
              10,
              {client: client.1, lockfile: testfile, holdtime: 5},
              {client: client.2, lockfile: testfile, holdtime: 5, maxwait: 1, expectfail: True},
-             {client: client.2, lockfile: testfile, holdtime: 5, maxwait: 11}]
\ No newline at end of file
+             {client: client.2, lockfile: testfile, holdtime: 5, maxwait: 11}]