diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/BranchToolbar.logic.test.ts b/apps/web/src/components/BranchToolbar.logic.test.ts
index 3db5237373a..94e61c43735 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/BranchToolbar.logic.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/BranchToolbar.logic.test.ts
@@ -298,7 +298,6 @@ describe("resolveBranchSelectionTarget", () => {
         activeProjectCwd: "/repo",
         activeWorktreePath: "/repo/.t3/worktrees/feature-a",
         refName: {
-          isDefault: false,
           worktreePath: "/repo/.t3/worktrees/feature-b",
         },
       }),
@@ -315,7 +314,6 @@ describe("resolveBranchSelectionTarget", () => {
         activeProjectCwd: "/repo",
         activeWorktreePath: "/repo/.t3/worktrees/feature-a",
         refName: {
-          isDefault: true,
           worktreePath: "/repo",
         },
       }),
@@ -326,30 +324,12 @@ describe("resolveBranchSelectionTarget", () => {
     });
   });
 
-  it("checks out the default ref in the main repo when leaving a secondary worktree", () => {
+  it("keeps checkout in the current worktree when the selected ref has no existing worktree", () => {
     expect(
       resolveBranchSelectionTarget({
         activeProjectCwd: "/repo",
         activeWorktreePath: "/repo/.t3/worktrees/feature-a",
         refName: {
-          isDefault: true,
-          worktreePath: null,
-        },
-      }),
-    ).toEqual({
-      checkoutCwd: "/repo",
-      nextWorktreePath: null,
-      reuseExistingWorktree: false,
-    });
-  });
-
-  it("keeps checkout in the current worktree for non-default refs", () => {
-    expect(
-      resolveBranchSelectionTarget({
-        activeProjectCwd: "/repo",
-        activeWorktreePath: "/repo/.t3/worktrees/feature-a",
-        refName: {
-          isDefault: false,
           worktreePath: null,
         },
       }),
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/BranchToolbar.logic.ts b/apps/web/src/components/BranchToolbar.logic.ts
index 65388962c08..36587219419 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/BranchToolbar.logic.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/BranchToolbar.logic.ts
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ export function resolveBranchToolbarValue(input: {
 export function resolveBranchSelectionTarget(input: {
   activeProjectCwd: string;
   activeWorktreePath: string | null;
-  refName: Pick<VcsRef, "isDefault" | "worktreePath">;
+  refName: Pick<VcsRef, "worktreePath">;
 }): {
   checkoutCwd: string;
   nextWorktreePath: string | null;
@@ -116,12 +116,9 @@ export function resolveBranchSelectionTarget(input: {
     };
   }
 
-  const nextWorktreePath =
-    activeWorktreePath !== null && refName.isDefault ? null : activeWorktreePath;
-
   return {
-    checkoutCwd: nextWorktreePath ?? activeProjectCwd,
-    nextWorktreePath,
+    checkoutCwd: activeWorktreePath ?? activeProjectCwd,
+    nextWorktreePath: activeWorktreePath,
     reuseExistingWorktree: false,
   };
 }