diff --git a/awx/ui/src/screens/Inventory/shared/InventorySourceSubForms/SCMSubForm.js b/awx/ui/src/screens/Inventory/shared/InventorySourceSubForms/SCMSubForm.js
index 873275c61e..1217ca3ba0 100644
--- a/awx/ui/src/screens/Inventory/shared/InventorySourceSubForms/SCMSubForm.js
+++ b/awx/ui/src/screens/Inventory/shared/InventorySourceSubForms/SCMSubForm.js
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ import {
   EnabledVarField,
   EnabledValueField,
   HostFilterField,
-  BranchFormField,
 } from './SharedFields';
 import getHelpText from '../Inventory.helptext';
+import FormField from 'components/FormField';
 
 const SCMSubForm = ({ autoPopulateProject }) => {
   const helpText = getHelpText();
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ const SCMSubForm = ({ autoPopulateProject }) => {
     (value) => {
       setFieldValue('source_project', value);
       setFieldTouched('source_project', true, false);
+      setFieldValue('scm_branch', '', false);
       if (sourcePathField.value) {
         setFieldValue('source_path', '');
         setFieldTouched('source_path', false);
@@ -76,7 +77,15 @@ const SCMSubForm = ({ autoPopulateProject }) => {
   );
   return (
     <>
-      <BranchFormField label={t`Source Control Branch/Tag/Commit`} />
+      {projectField.value?.allow_override && (
+        <FormField
+          id="project-scm-branch"
+          name="scm_branch"
+          type="text"
+          label={t`Source Control Branch/Tag/Commit`}
+          tooltip={helpText.sourceControlBranch}
+        />
+      )}
       <CredentialLookup
         credentialTypeKind="cloud"
         label={t`Credential`}
diff --git a/awx/ui/src/screens/Inventory/shared/InventorySourceSubForms/SharedFields.js b/awx/ui/src/screens/Inventory/shared/InventorySourceSubForms/SharedFields.js
index c946427e83..147e549988 100644
--- a/awx/ui/src/screens/Inventory/shared/InventorySourceSubForms/SharedFields.js
+++ b/awx/ui/src/screens/Inventory/shared/InventorySourceSubForms/SharedFields.js
@@ -150,16 +150,3 @@ export const HostFilterField = () => {
     />
   );
 };
-
-export const BranchFormField = ({ label }) => {
-  const helpText = getHelpText();
-  return (
-    <FormField
-      id="project-scm-branch"
-      name="scm_branch"
-      type="text"
-      label={label}
-      tooltip={helpText.sourceControlBranch}
-    />
-  );
-};