diff --git a/phing/tasks/blt.xml b/phing/tasks/blt.xml
index ac96fae44..68f961bcb 100644
--- a/phing/tasks/blt.xml
+++ b/phing/tasks/blt.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
     <!-- Remove default git remote -->
     <exec dir="${repo.root}" command="${composer.bin}/yaml-cli update:value ${blt.config-files.project} git.remotes.0 ''"  logoutput="true" checkreturn="false" level="${blt.exec_level}" passthru="true"/>
+    <exec dir="${repo.root}" command="${composer.bin}/yaml-cli unset:key ${blt.config-files.project} git.remotes.1"  logoutput="true" checkreturn="false" level="${blt.exec_level}" passthru="true"/>
 
     <echo>Installing new Composer dependencies provided by BLT. This make take a while...</echo>
     <exec dir="${repo.root}" command="composer update --no-interaction" logoutput="true" checkreturn="true" level="${blt.exec_level}" passthru="true"/>
diff --git a/template/blt/project.yml b/template/blt/project.yml
index 588f3fe4f..e979d324d 100644
--- a/template/blt/project.yml
+++ b/template/blt/project.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ git:
   remotes:
     # Defining git remotes allows builds deployed via CI.
     - bolt8@svn-5223.devcloud.hosting.acquia.com:bolt8.git
+    - https://github.com/acquia-pso/blted8.git
 
 drush:
   # You can set custom project aliases in drush/site-aliases/aliases.drushrc.php.