diff --git a/components/remotes/remotes.js b/components/remotes/remotes.js
index 6c2faecbe..1fbdcabff 100644
--- a/components/remotes/remotes.js
+++ b/components/remotes/remotes.js
@@ -52,11 +52,10 @@ class RemotesViewModel {
     ungit.logger.debug('remotes.fetch() triggered');
 
     try {
-      const tagPromise = this.server.getPromise('/remote/tags', {
+      await this.server.postPromise('/fetch', {
         path: this.repoPath(),
         remote: this.currentRemote(),
       });
-      programEvents.dispatch({ event: 'remote-tags-update', tags: await tagPromise });
       if (!this.server.isInternetConnected) {
         this.server.isInternetConnected = true;
       }
diff --git a/source/git-api.js b/source/git-api.js
index 141ee135a..2b0b03f90 100644
--- a/source/git-api.js
+++ b/source/git-api.js
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ exports.registerApi = (env) => {
     jw(async (req, res) => {
       if (req.query.remoteFetch) {
         if (res.setTimeout) res.setTimeout(tenMinTimeoutMs);
-        await req.repo.remoteAllFetch().catch((err) => {
+        await req.repo.remoteAllFetch(config.autoPruneOnFetch).catch((err) => {
           console.warn('ignoring fetch error', err);
         });
       }
diff --git a/source/nodegit.js b/source/nodegit.js
index 8d5a188ea..8eee4fcf6 100644
--- a/source/nodegit.js
+++ b/source/nodegit.js
@@ -275,12 +275,13 @@ class NGWrap {
    */
   async remoteFetch(remoteName, refs = null, prune) {
     const remote = await this.r.getRemote(remoteName).catch(normalizeError);
-    // TODO use credentialshelper
     await remote.fetch(
       refs,
       {
         callbacks: {
-          credentials: (url, userName) => nodegit.Cred.sshKeyFromAgent(userName),
+          // TODO use credentialshelper
+          // @ts-ignore -- Credential does exist, bad typing
+          credentials: (url, userName) => nodegit.Credential.sshKeyFromAgent(userName),
         },
         prune: prune ? nodegit.Fetch.PRUNE.GIT_FETCH_PRUNE : undefined,
       },
@@ -288,11 +289,11 @@ class NGWrap {
     );
   }
 
-  async remoteAllFetch() {
+  async remoteAllFetch(prune) {
     const remotes = await this.getRemotes();
     // making calls serially as credential helpers may get confused to which cred to get.
     for (const name of remotes) {
-      await this.remoteFetch(name);
+      await this.remoteFetch(name, null, prune);
     }
   }