diff --git a/maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/openmrs/maven/plugins/Clone.java b/maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/openmrs/maven/plugins/Clone.java
index 587acd30..cf490087 100644
--- a/maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/openmrs/maven/plugins/Clone.java
+++ b/maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/openmrs/maven/plugins/Clone.java
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ private String extractUniversalRepoUrl(String repoUrl) {
         String result;
         result = repoUrl.substring(repoUrl.indexOf(GITHUB_COM) + GITHUB_COM.length() + 1);
 
-        StringUtils.removeEnd(result,"/");
+        result = StringUtils.removeEnd(result,"/");
 
         if (!repoUrl.endsWith(".git")) {
             return result + ".git";