diff --git a/mk/build.sh b/mk/build.sh
index 274f16141..13eba68eb 100644
--- a/mk/build.sh
+++ b/mk/build.sh
@@ -47,19 +47,6 @@ fi
 set -e
 
 ROOT_DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )/../.." && pwd )"
-cd ${ROOT_DIR}
-#DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
-
-# now we are sure we are running from the branch root
-#cd ${DIR}/../..
-
-
-if [ -d "xenadmin-ref.hg" ]
-then
-  hg --cwd xenadmin-ref.hg pull -u
-else
-  hg clone ssh://xenhg@hg.uk.xensource.com/carbon/${XS_BRANCH}/xenadmin-ref.hg/
-fi
 
 production_jenkins_build()
 {
diff --git a/mk/declarations.sh b/mk/declarations.sh
index 18bd19154..d6e609014 100644
--- a/mk/declarations.sh
+++ b/mk/declarations.sh
@@ -89,6 +89,14 @@ fi
 XS_BRANCH=`cd $DIR;git config --get remote.origin.url|sed -e 's@.*carbon/\(.*\)/xenadmin.git.*@\1@'`
 echo Running on branch: $XS_BRANCH
 
+cd ${ROOT_DIR}
+if [ -d "xenadmin-ref.hg" ]
+then
+  hg --cwd xenadmin-ref.hg pull -u
+else
+  hg clone ssh://xenhg@hg.uk.xensource.com/carbon/${XS_BRANCH}/xenadmin-ref.hg/
+fi
+
 #rename Jenkins environment variables to distinguish them from ours; remember to use them as get only
 get_JOB_NAME=${JOB_NAME}
 get_BUILD_NUMBER=${BUILD_NUMBER}