diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 57e1a5da..98b04277 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ CORE_REPO?=https://github.com/stellar/stellar-core.git
 CORE_REF?=master
 CORE_CONFIGURE_FLAGS?=--disable-tests
 STELLAR_RPC_REF?=main
-HORIZON_REF?=$(shell ./scripts/soroban_repo_to_horizon_repo.sh $(STELLAR_RPC_REF))
+HORIZON_REF?=master
 FRIENDBOT_REF?=$(HORIZON_REF)
 
 run:
diff --git a/scripts/rpc_repo_to_horizon_repo.sh b/scripts/rpc_repo_to_horizon_repo.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 59675239..00000000
--- a/scripts/rpc_repo_to_horizon_repo.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# rpc_repo_to_horizon_repo.sh - given an rpc branch to horizon branch
-#
-# Syntax:   rpc_repo_to_horizon_repo.sh <rpc_branch_name>
-#
-# Examples: rpc_repo_to_horizon_repo.sh main
-
-set -e
-set -o pipefail
-
-if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then
-    echo "Syntax: ${0} <rpc_branch_name>"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-GO_MONOREPO=github.com/stellar/go
-RPC_BRANCH=$1
-RPC_REPO_GOMOD=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/stellar/stellar-rpc/${RPC_BRANCH}/go.mod
-
-# find the short commit from the stellar-rpc repository.
-SHORT_COMMIT=$(curl -s ${RPC_REPO_GOMOD} -o - | grep "${GO_MONOREPO} " | cut -d- -f3)
-
-# find the long commit from the actual go repository using the short commit.
-TEMPDIR=$(mktemp -d)
-git clone -q https://${GO_MONOREPO}.git ${TEMPDIR}
-CURRENT_DIR=$(pwd)
-cd ${TEMPDIR}
-git rev-parse ${SHORT_COMMIT}
-rm -rf ${TEMPDIR}
-cd ${CURRENT_DIR}