diff --git a/contrib/coverity.sh b/contrib/coverity.sh
index 91911c29..bc459391 100755
--- a/contrib/coverity.sh
+++ b/contrib/coverity.sh
@@ -20,12 +20,9 @@ fi
 ./bootstrap.linux
 
 # Get active svn branch path to create SCAN import description string
-svn info |grep "URL" | | sed -e "s/URL/BRANCH/g" > ./build/svn_branch.txt
+svn info | grep "URL" | sed -e "s/URL/BRANCH/g" > ./build/svn_branch.txt
 desc=$(<build/svn_branch.txt)
 
-
-desc=trunk
-
 cd ./build
 
 cov-build --dir cov-int --tmpdir ~/tmp make