diff --git a/xpra-python3.modules b/xpra-python3.modules
index ff51d1ff..bdf8dae2 100644
--- a/xpra-python3.modules
+++ b/xpra-python3.modules
@@ -255,7 +255,6 @@
 
 	<distutils id="python3-cython" python3="1">
 		<branch
-			repo="github.com"
 			module="2f/81/c9fb4b69823f674e1e2acc484eac93a47a1e3a59d4d051c76259dadd6984/Cython-3.0.2.tar.gz"
 			hash="sha256:9594818dca8bb22ae6580c5222da2bc5cc32334350bd2d294a00d8669bcc61b5"
 			version="3.0.2"/>