diff --git a/src/aipass/devpulse/tests/test_pr_verify.py b/src/aipass/devpulse/tests/test_pr_verify.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b665278..00000000
--- a/src/aipass/devpulse/tests/test_pr_verify.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-# test file for PR command verification
diff --git a/src/aipass/drone/apps/handlers/git/dev_pr_handler.py b/src/aipass/drone/apps/handlers/git/dev_pr_handler.py
index 76419366..6d498aba 100644
--- a/src/aipass/drone/apps/handlers/git/dev_pr_handler.py
+++ b/src/aipass/drone/apps/handlers/git/dev_pr_handler.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def create_branch_pr(description: str, target_branch: str = "main") -> dict:
 
     try:
         push = subprocess.run(
-            ["git", "push", "-u", "origin", push_refspec],
+            ["git", "push", "origin", push_refspec],
             capture_output=True,
             text=True,
             cwd=str(repo_root),