diff --git a/devel-importer/main.go b/devel-importer/main.go
index ce104a0..805e99e 100644
--- a/devel-importer/main.go
+++ b/devel-importer/main.go
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ func importRepos(packages []string) {
 				}
 				if commit_tree[1] == tree {
 					found = true
-					cherry_picks := common.SplitStringNoEmpty(git.GitExecWithOutputOrPanic(pkgName, "rev-list", "--reverse", "--ancestry-path", commit_tree[0]+".."+import_branch), "\n")
+					cherry_picks := common.SplitStringNoEmpty(git.GitExecWithOutputOrPanic(pkgName, "rev-list", "--no-merges", "--reverse", "--ancestry-path", commit_tree[0]+".."+import_branch), "\n")
 
 					log.Println("cherry picks", cherry_picks)
 					git.GitExecOrPanic(pkgName, "checkout", "-B", "main", "pool/"+pool_branch)