diff --git a/meta-3dr/recipes-firmware/pixhawk/pixhawk-firmware_1.3.1.bb b/meta-3dr/recipes-firmware/pixhawk/pixhawk-firmware_1.3.1.bb
index b245b33..1996f4c 100644
--- a/meta-3dr/recipes-firmware/pixhawk/pixhawk-firmware_1.3.1.bb
+++ b/meta-3dr/recipes-firmware/pixhawk/pixhawk-firmware_1.3.1.bb
@@ -7,34 +7,19 @@ firmwaredir = "/firmware"
 FILES_${PN} += "${firmwaredir}/"
 
 REPO_NAME = "ardupilot-solo"
-REPO_TAG = "solo-${PV}"
+#REPO_TAG = "solo-${PV}"
+REPO_TAG = "solo-master"
 FILE_EXT = "px4"
 FILE_SRC = "ArduCopter-v2.${FILE_EXT}"
 FILE_DST = "ArduCopter-${PV}.${FILE_EXT}"
 
 do_fetch () {
-    #
-    # look up a release by tag name via the github api,
-    # extract the url for the build artifact that we're interested in (*.FILE_EXT),
-    # and download it.
 
-    # NB: this relies on the fact that tag names in the repo are of a specific form
-    #     such that we can derive the tag name from the bitbake PV variable, which is itself
-    #     derived from the name of this file.
-
-    SRC_URL="https://api.github.com/repos/OpenSolo/${REPO_NAME}/releases/tags/${REPO_TAG}"
-    echo $SRC_URL
-
-    BIN_URL=$(curl -s  -H "Accept: application/json" ${SRC_URL} | jq -r '.assets[] | select(.name | endswith(".${FILE_EXT}")) | .url')
-    echo $BIN_URL
-
-    # NB: supply github access token as url param because if we supply it as a header,
-    #     once github redirects us to s3, it gets included in that request as well
-    #     and amazon complains that 2 forms of auth have been provided and quits.
-    echo 'curl -v -L -H "Accept: application/octet-stream" ${BIN_URL}?access_token=${TOKEN} -o ${WORKDIR}/${FILE_SRC}'
-
-    # fake it:
-    touch ${WORKDIR}/${FILE_SRC}
+    # TODO - smart fetch the correct version of the formware to match the repo-tag requested or something
+    # for now, get the LATEST MASTER PX4v2 ( ie pixhawk1 or 2.0(solo) firmware from ArduPilot build system:
+    curl http://firmware.ap.ardupilot.org/Copter/latest/PX4/ArduCopter-v2.px4 -o ${WORKDIR}/${FILE_SRC}
+    # or simply fake it with a zero-length file if the curl fails for some reason..:
+    #touch ${WORKDIR}/${FILE_SRC}
 }
 
 do_install () {