diff --git a/includes/default-variables.yml b/includes/default-variables.yml
index 6329664102945f6734e9e5a8179e46df00fd30f2..aee1d994c726cde201827b94c2c83863de93effe 100644
--- a/includes/default-variables.yml
+++ b/includes/default-variables.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ variables:
   TESTCASE_TIMEOUT_STV_SANITIZERS: 240
   TESTCASE_TIMEOUT_LTV_SANITIZERS: 2400
   SCALE_FACTOR: "3.162"
-  BASOP_CI_BRANCH_PC_REPO: "basop-ci-branch"
   PYTEST_ADDOPTS: ""
+  # this contains the name of the branch in ivas-codec repo that is used to copy the ci scripts from
+  BASOP_CI_SCRIPTS_BRANCH: "main"
   # overwrite this via .gitlab/variables.yml in the respective other repo to disable "(model from file)" testcases
   DISABLE_HRTF: "false"
diff --git a/snippets/basop/update-scripts-repo.sh b/snippets/basop/update-scripts-repo.sh
index 47a1cb88143f8eff87effee899a5a6c72eaaf35c..5a701a3836b67877b6f7677fa28ec70d0cda7e2f 100755
--- a/snippets/basop/update-scripts-repo.sh
+++ b/snippets/basop/update-scripts-repo.sh
@@ -9,10 +9,9 @@ pushd "${SCRIPTS_DIR}"
 # Remove all fetch lines to clean out dead links
 sed -i '/fetch/d' .git/config
 
-# Add currently used branches:
-#   - BASOP_CI_BRANCH_PC_REPO for scripts/tests
-#   - main for getting the float ref codec
-git remote set-branches --add origin "$BASOP_CI_BRANCH_PC_REPO" main
+# we need main for getting the float reference code
+# BASOP_CI_SCRIPTS_BRANCH is per default main as well, but can be overwritten to test things before merging
+git remote set-branches --add origin main $BASOP_CI_SCRIPTS_BRANCH
 
 git fetch
 
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ git fetch
 git restore --staged .
 git restore .
 
-git checkout "$BASOP_CI_BRANCH_PC_REPO"
+git checkout $BASOP_CI_SCRIPTS_BRANCH
 git pull
 
 popd