diff --git a/src/rebar_deps.erl b/src/rebar_deps.erl
index 82716c5..2e305d5 100644
--- a/src/rebar_deps.erl
+++ b/src/rebar_deps.erl
@@ -546,8 +546,6 @@ download_source(AppDir, {rsync, Url}) ->
     rebar_utils:sh(?FMT("rsync -az --delete ~s/ ~s", [Url, AppDir]), []);
 download_source(AppDir, {fossil, Url}) ->
     download_source(AppDir, {fossil, Url, ""});
-download_source(AppDir, {fossil, Url, latest}) ->
-    download_source(AppDir, {fossil, Url, ""});
 download_source(AppDir, {fossil, Url, Version}) ->
     Repository = filename:join(AppDir, filename:basename(AppDir) ++ ".fossil"),
     ok = filelib:ensure_dir(Repository),
@@ -603,8 +601,6 @@ update_source1(AppDir, {rsync, Url}) ->
     rebar_utils:sh(?FMT("rsync -az --delete ~s/ ~s",[Url,AppDir]),[]);
 update_source1(AppDir, {fossil, Url}) ->
     update_source1(AppDir, {fossil, Url, ""});
-update_source1(AppDir, {fossil, Url, latest}) ->
-    update_source1(AppDir, {fossil, Url, ""});
 update_source1(AppDir, {fossil, _Url, Version}) ->
     ok = file:set_cwd(AppDir),
     rebar_utils:sh("fossil pull", [{cd, AppDir}]),