diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-dev b/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-dev
index 421a24346e..37bf0b23eb 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-dev
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/taskotron-dev
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ resultsdb_fe_endpoint: resultsdb
 resultsdb_frontend_url: http://resultsdb-dev01.qa.fedoraproject.org/resultsdb/
 resultsdb_url: http://resultsdb-dev01.qa.fedoraproject.org/resultsdb_api/api/v2.0
 taskotron_docs_url: https://qa.fedoraproject.org/docs/libtaskotron/latest/
-trigger_distgit_repo_url: git://pkgs02.phx2.fedoraproject.org/
+# make sure this doesn't have a trailing slash
+trigger_distgit_repo_url: git://pkgs02.phx2.fedoraproject.org
 instances:
   - { name: "Production", url: "https://taskotron.fedoraproject.org"}
   - { name: "Staging", url: "https://taskotron.stg.fedoraproject.org"}
diff --git a/roles/taskotron/taskotron-trigger/templates/trigger_rules.yml.j2 b/roles/taskotron/taskotron-trigger/templates/trigger_rules.yml.j2
index 363f478956..24bc6979c9 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/taskotron-trigger/templates/trigger_rules.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/taskotron/taskotron-trigger/templates/trigger_rules.yml.j2
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 - when: {message_type: KojiBuildPackageCompleted}
   do:
     - {tasks: [rpmlint, rpmgrill, python-versions]}
-    - {discover: {repo: '{{ trigger_distgit_repo_url }}/rpms/${name}.git', branch: "${distgit_branch}", fallback_branch: 'master', recursive: true}}
+    - {discover: {repo: '{{ trigger_distgit_repo_url }}/rpms/${name}', branch: "${distgit_branch}", fallback_branch: 'master', recursive: true}}
 {% else %}
 - when: {message_type: KojiBuildPackageCompleted}
   do: