diff --git a/jobs/templates/self-deploy-jobs.yaml b/jobs/templates/self-deploy-jobs.yaml
index fb31b57..8ec2f91 100644
--- a/jobs/templates/self-deploy-jobs.yaml
+++ b/jobs/templates/self-deploy-jobs.yaml
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
     name: self-deploy-jobs
     parameters:
     - string:
-        default: 'refs/for/master'
-        description: 'tcp-qa review refspec'
+        default: ''
+        description: 'tcp-qa review refspec; leave empty for master'
         name: GERRIT_REFSPEC
         trim: 'true'
     - bool: