diff --git a/share/completions/git.fish b/share/completions/git.fish
index d83f1b90c..4b1b37520 100644
--- a/share/completions/git.fish
+++ b/share/completions/git.fish
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ function __fish_git_branches
 end
 
 function __fish_git_local_branches
-    __fish_git for-each-ref --format='%(refname)' refs/heads/ refs/remotes/ 2>/dev/null \
-        | string replace -rf '^refs/heads/(.*)$' '$1\tLocal Branch'
+    __fish_git for-each-ref --format='%(refname:strip=2)' refs/heads/ 2>/dev/null \
+        | string replace -rf '.*' '$0\tLocal Branch'
 end
 
 function __fish_git_unique_remote_branches