diff --git a/builtin/fetch.c b/builtin/fetch.c
index fc74c8471c..f1570e3464 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch.c
@@ -359,9 +359,6 @@ static struct ref *get_ref_map(struct transport *transport,
 
 		for (i = 0; i < fetch_refspec_nr; i++)
 			get_fetch_map(ref_map, &fetch_refspec[i], &oref_tail, 1);
-
-		if (tags == TAGS_SET)
-			get_fetch_map(remote_refs, tag_refspec, &tail, 0);
 	} else if (refmap_array) {
 		die("--refmap option is only meaningful with command-line refspec(s).");
 	} else {