diff --git a/automation_tools/automation_task_list.cfg b/automation_tools/automation_task_list.cfg
index 98321389..a34f3878 100644
--- a/automation_tools/automation_task_list.cfg
+++ b/automation_tools/automation_task_list.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # The proper format for this file is
 # ACTION^PLACEHOLDERTEXT^URL^REPO(Optional)
-branch^THISBRANCH
 # hash^DOOMSHAPLACEHOLDER^https://buildbot.libretro.com/assets/cores/DOOM/Doom%20%28Shareware%29.zip
 hash^VITASHAPLACEHOLDER^https://github.com/Vita3K/Vita3K/releases/download/continuous/ubuntu-latest.zip
 hash^DUCKSTATIONSHAPLACEHOLDER^https://github.com/stenzek/duckstation/releases/download/preview/DuckStation-x64.AppImage
@@ -10,3 +9,4 @@ hash^MSXBIOSHASHPLACEHOLDER^http://bluemsx.msxblue.com/rel_download/blueMSXv282f
 hash^XEMUHDDHASHPLACEHOLDER^https://github.com/mborgerson/xemu-hdd-image/releases/latest/download/xbox_hdd.qcow2.zip
 latestcommit^UNIVERSALDYNAMICINPUTCOMMITPLACEHOLDER^https://github.com/Venomalia/UniversalDynamicInput^main
 outside_info^VERSIONPLACEHOLDER^${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/buildid
+outside_info^THISBRANCH^$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
diff --git a/automation_tools/pre_build_automation.sh b/automation_tools/pre_build_automation.sh
index f4d56c62..cdd1c59e 100644
--- a/automation_tools/pre_build_automation.sh
+++ b/automation_tools/pre_build_automation.sh
@@ -28,13 +28,7 @@ echo
 while IFS="^" read -r action placeholder url branch
 do
   if [[ ! $action == "#"* ]] && [[ ! -z "$action" ]]; then
-    if [[ "$action" == "branch" ]]; then
-      echo
-      echo "Placeholder text: $placeholder"
-      echo "Current branch:" "$current_branch"
-      echo
-      /bin/sed -i 's^'"$placeholder"'^'"$current_branch"'^g' $rd_manifest
-    elif [[ "$action" == "hash" ]]; then
+    if [[ "$action" == "hash" ]]; then
       echo
       echo "Placeholder text: $placeholder"
       echo "URL to hash: $url"
diff --git a/rd-submodules/retroarch b/rd-submodules/retroarch
index fbfdda61..0b1cfb79 160000
--- a/rd-submodules/retroarch
+++ b/rd-submodules/retroarch
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit fbfdda61b3da092a71cc53999dd3e7b909f244e2
+Subproject commit 0b1cfb79e591e10488a3262d6b38db843c39a409
diff --git a/rd-submodules/shared-modules b/rd-submodules/shared-modules
index 50314360..a2441b96 160000
--- a/rd-submodules/shared-modules
+++ b/rd-submodules/shared-modules
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 50314360ded6fa3b9f0b602513b1164b7a6636ed
+Subproject commit a2441b964afefd8cd1cebcdf562c7878670daf42