diff --git a/nf_core/modules/modules_repo.py b/nf_core/modules/modules_repo.py
index 1f607b7475..b21dd0b9d0 100644
--- a/nf_core/modules/modules_repo.py
+++ b/nf_core/modules/modules_repo.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 # Constants for the nf-core/modules repo used throughout the module files
 NF_CORE_MODULES_NAME = "nf-core"
 NF_CORE_MODULES_REMOTE = "https://github.com/nf-core/modules.git"
-NF_CORE_MODULES_DEFAULT_BRANCH = "restructure"
+NF_CORE_MODULES_DEFAULT_BRANCH = "master"
 
 
 class RemoteProgressbar(git.RemoteProgress):
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ def setup_branch(self, branch):
         if branch is None:
             # Don't bother fetching default branch if we're using nf-core
             if self.remote_url == NF_CORE_MODULES_REMOTE:
-                self.branch = "restructure"
+                self.branch = "master"
             else:
                 self.branch = self.get_default_branch()
         else:
diff --git a/nf_core/pipeline-template/modules.json b/nf_core/pipeline-template/modules.json
index 06008b510c..53d85d4f39 100644
--- a/nf_core/pipeline-template/modules.json
+++ b/nf_core/pipeline-template/modules.json
@@ -6,15 +6,15 @@
             "modules": {
                 "nf-core": {
                     "custom/dumpsoftwareversions": {
-                        "branch": "restructure",
+                        "branch": "master",
                         "git_sha": "86e32684ce5b13ca8173a78cd2250131ca9b1c0f"
                     },
                     "fastqc": {
-                        "branch": "restructure",
+                        "branch": "master",
                         "git_sha": "86e32684ce5b13ca8173a78cd2250131ca9b1c0f"
                     },
                     "multiqc": {
-                        "branch": "restructure",
+                        "branch": "master",
                         "git_sha": "86e32684ce5b13ca8173a78cd2250131ca9b1c0f"
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/tests/test_modules.py b/tests/test_modules.py
index a16c9e6328..8fb9bab31b 100644
--- a/tests/test_modules.py
+++ b/tests/test_modules.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def test_modulesrepo_class(self):
         """Initialise a modules repo object"""
         modrepo = nf_core.modules.ModulesRepo()
         assert modrepo.repo_path == "nf-core"
-        assert modrepo.branch == "restructure"
+        assert modrepo.branch == "master"
 
     ############################################
     # Test of the individual modules commands. #