diff --git a/.github/workflows/vib-scheduled-verify.yaml b/.github/workflows/vib-scheduled-verify.yaml
index d530fa780045..71fc918d39c1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/vib-scheduled-verify.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/vib-scheduled-verify.yaml
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         flavor:  ${{ fromJSON(needs.get-container.outputs.flavors) }}
     steps:
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pip install git-filter-repo==2.34.0
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
         name: Checkout Repository
         with:
diff --git a/scripts/sync.sh b/scripts/sync.sh
index 65462e0f2502..72d87cb5d283 100755
--- a/scripts/sync.sh
+++ b/scripts/sync.sh
@@ -64,12 +64,12 @@ findCommitsToSync() {
     local max=100 # If we need to sync more than 100 commits there must be something wrong since we run the job on a daily basis
     # Get all commits IDs on the origin
     local commits=()
-    while IFS='' read -r line; do commits+=("$line"); done < <(git rev-list "${origin_name}/master" -- .)
+    # Get the revision list in topological order ignoring merge commits
+    while IFS='' read -r line; do commits+=("$line"); done < <(git rev-list --topo-order --no-merges "${origin_name}/master" -- .)
     for commit in "${commits[@]}"; do
         if [[ "$commit" != "$last_synced_commit_id" ]] && [[ "$max" -gt "0" ]]; then
-            actual_commit_id="$(plainCommit "${commit}")"
-            if [[ "$commit" != "$SKIP_COMMIT_ID" ]] && [[ ! $commits_to_sync =~ (^|[[:space:]])$actual_commit_id($|[[:space:]]) ]]; then
-              commits_to_sync="${actual_commit_id} ${commits_to_sync}"
+            if [[ "$commit" != "$SKIP_COMMIT_ID" ]]; then
+              commits_to_sync="${commit} ${commits_to_sync}"
             fi
         else
             # We reached the last commit synced
@@ -82,16 +82,6 @@ findCommitsToSync() {
     echo "$commits_to_sync"
 }
 
-plainCommit() {
-    local commit="${1:?Missing commit}"
-    local result="$commit"
-    actual_merge_commit_id="$(git log --pretty=%P -n 1 "$commit" | awk '{print $2}')"
-    if [[ -n "$actual_merge_commit_id" ]]; then
-        result="$(plainCommit "${actual_merge_commit_id}")"
-    fi
-    echo "$result"
-}
-
 syncCommit() {
     local -r commit_id="${1:?Missing commit id}"
     local -r app="${2:?Missing app name}"
@@ -178,5 +168,4 @@ syncRepos() {
     pushChanges
 }
 
-pip install git-filter-repo==2.34.0
 syncRepos
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