diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CloneCommand.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CloneCommand.java
index b0837e5bb..54457e523 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CloneCommand.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CloneCommand.java
@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ private FetchResult fetch(Repository repo, URIish u)
 		config.update(repo.getConfig());
 
 		repo.getConfig().setString(ConfigConstants.CONFIG_BRANCH_SECTION,
-				branch, ConfigConstants.CONFIG_REMOTE_SECTION, remote);
+				branch, ConfigConstants.CONFIG_KEY_REMOTE, remote);
 		repo.getConfig().setString(ConfigConstants.CONFIG_BRANCH_SECTION,
-				branch, ConfigConstants.CONFIG_KEY_MERGE, branch); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
+				branch, ConfigConstants.CONFIG_KEY_MERGE, branch);
 
 		repo.getConfig().save();