diff --git a/elixir/lib/symphony_elixir/github/client.ex b/elixir/lib/symphony_elixir/github/client.ex
index 50e31827f1..70f71a2706 100644
--- a/elixir/lib/symphony_elixir/github/client.ex
+++ b/elixir/lib/symphony_elixir/github/client.ex
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ defmodule SymphonyElixir.GitHub.Client do
       description: content["body"],
       priority: Priority.rank_for(priority_name, ctx.priority_map),
       state: github_to_symphony_state(status_name, ctx.state_map),
-      branch_name: derive_branch_name(number, title),
+      branch_name: nil,
       model_override: parse_model_override(content["body"]),
       url: content["url"],
       assignee_id: first_assignee_login(assignees),
@@ -694,22 +694,6 @@ defmodule SymphonyElixir.GitHub.Client do
   defp build_identifier(_repo, number) when is_integer(number), do: "##{number}"
   defp build_identifier(_repo, _number), do: nil
 
-  defp derive_branch_name(number, title) when is_integer(number) and is_binary(title) do
-    slug =
-      title
-      |> String.downcase()
-      |> String.replace(~r/[^a-z0-9]+/, "-")
-      |> String.trim("-")
-      |> String.slice(0, 50)
-
-    case slug do
-      "" -> "issue-#{number}"
-      s -> "issue-#{number}-#{s}"
-    end
-  end
-
-  defp derive_branch_name(_number, _title), do: nil
-
   defp parse_model_override(body) when is_binary(body) do
     case Regex.run(~r/<!--\s*model:\s*(\S+?)\s*-->/i, body) do
       [_match, model] -> String.trim(model)