diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 45bd6aec426..8fd49f0675b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -42,16 +42,11 @@ jobs:
       # running in parallel causes some tests to fail
       - run: mvn test -B # -T 1C
 
-      - name: Parse branch name
-        env:
-          BRANCH: ${{ github.head_ref || github.ref }}
-        id: setup
-        run: |
-          echo "::set-output name=branch-name::${BRANCH#refs/heads/}"
       - env:
           CI_BUILD_NUMBER: ${{ github.run_id }}
-          CI_BUILD_URL: https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/comit/${{ github.sha }}/checks
-          CI_BRANCH: ${{ steps.setup.output.branch-name }}
+          # this will need to be updated to work on the main branch
+          CI_BUILD_URL: https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/pull/${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}/checks
+          CI_BRANCH: ${{ github.head_ref }}
           CI_NAME: github
           CI_PULL_REQUEST: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
         run: >