diff --git a/src/applications/repository/management/PhabricatorRepositoryManagementParentsWorkflow.php b/src/applications/repository/management/PhabricatorRepositoryManagementParentsWorkflow.php
index fd49df59a0..86fb07c7bf 100644
--- a/src/applications/repository/management/PhabricatorRepositoryManagementParentsWorkflow.php
+++ b/src/applications/repository/management/PhabricatorRepositoryManagementParentsWorkflow.php
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ final class PhabricatorRepositoryManagementParentsWorkflow
 
     $graph = array();
     foreach ($refs as $ref) {
+      if (!$repo->shouldTrackBranch($ref->getRefName())) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
       $console->writeOut(
         "%s\n",
         pht('Rebuilding branch "%s"...', $ref->getRefName()));