diff --git a/jjb/pipeline/voltha-bbsim-tests.groovy b/jjb/pipeline/voltha-bbsim-tests.groovy
index 588136e..b1a7413 100644
--- a/jjb/pipeline/voltha-bbsim-tests.groovy
+++ b/jjb/pipeline/voltha-bbsim-tests.groovy
@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@
       steps {
         sh """
            pushd voltha
-           PROJECT_PATH=\$(xmllint --xpath "string(//project[@name=\\\"${gerritProject}\\\"]/@path)" .repo/manifest.xml)
-           repo download "\$PROJECT_PATH" "${gerritChangeNumber}/${gerritPatchsetNumber}"
+           repo download "${gerritProject}" "${gerritChangeNumber}/${gerritPatchsetNumber}"
            popd
            """
       }
diff --git a/jjb/pipeline/voltha-physical-build-and-tests.groovy b/jjb/pipeline/voltha-physical-build-and-tests.groovy
index 5fe2922..ffb45b6 100644
--- a/jjb/pipeline/voltha-physical-build-and-tests.groovy
+++ b/jjb/pipeline/voltha-physical-build-and-tests.groovy
@@ -95,8 +95,7 @@
       steps {
         sh returnStdout: false, script: """
         cd voltha
-        PROJECT_PATH=\$(xmllint --xpath "string(//project[@name=\\\"${gerritProject}\\\"]/@path)" .repo/manifest.xml)
-        repo download "\$PROJECT_PATH" "${gerritChangeNumber}/${gerritPatchsetNumber}"
+        repo download "${gerritProject}" "${gerritChangeNumber}/${gerritPatchsetNumber}"
         """
       }
     }