diff --git a/recipes/chromium.py b/recipes/chromium.py
index 4eac6bdbb..1ced1c4b6 100644
--- a/recipes/chromium.py
+++ b/recipes/chromium.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class Chromium(recipe_util.Recipe):
       'solutions': [solution],
       'svn_url': 'svn://svn.chromium.org/chrome',
       'svn_branch': 'trunk/src',
-      'svn_ref': 'git-svn',
+      'svn_ref': 'master',
     }
     if props.get('submodule_git_svn_spec'):
       spec['submodule_git_svn_spec'] = props['submodule_git_svn_spec']