diff --git a/update.sh b/update.sh
index f11aa04..4016093 100755
--- a/update.sh
+++ b/update.sh
@@ -3,20 +3,6 @@ set -e
 
 openbsd_branch=`cat OPENBSD_BRANCH`
 
-# pull in latest upstream code
-echo "pulling upstream openbsd source"
-if [ ! -d openbsd ]; then
-	if [ -z "$LIBRESSL_GIT" ]; then
-		git clone https://github.com/libressl-portable/openbsd.git
-	else
-		git clone $LIBRESSL_GIT/openbsd
-	fi
-fi
-(cd openbsd
- git fetch
- git checkout $openbsd_branch
- git pull --rebase)
-
 # setup source paths
 CWD=`pwd`
 OPENBSD_SRC=$CWD/openbsd/src