diff --git a/dev-tools/scripts/buildAndPushRelease.py b/dev-tools/scripts/buildAndPushRelease.py
index b96ec30dd25..e47edd80bd7 100755
--- a/dev-tools/scripts/buildAndPushRelease.py
+++ b/dev-tools/scripts/buildAndPushRelease.py
@@ -84,15 +84,8 @@ def getGitRev():
     status = os.popen('git status').read().strip()
     if 'nothing to commit, working directory clean' not in status and 'nothing to commit, working tree clean' not in status:
       raise RuntimeError('git clone is dirty:\n\n%s' % status)
-    branch = os.popen('git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD').read().strip()
-    command = 'git log origin/%s..' % branch
-    p = subprocess.Popen(command, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
-    stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
-    if len(stdout.strip()) > 0:
-      raise RuntimeError('There are unpushed commits - "%s" output is:\n\n%s' % (command, stdout.decode('utf-8')))
-    if len(stderr.strip()) > 0:
-      raise RuntimeError('Command "%s" failed:\n\n%s' % (command, stderr.decode('utf-8')))
-
+    if 'Your branch is ahead of' in status:
+      raise RuntimeError('Your local branch is ahead of the remote? git status says:\n%s' % status)
     print('  git clone is clean')
   else:
     print('  Ignoring dirty git clone due to dev-mode')