diff --git a/packages/backend/src/git.ts b/packages/backend/src/git.ts
index f154953a..88d97ec6 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/git.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/git.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { CheckRepoActions, GitConfigScope, simpleGit, SimpleGitProgressEvent } from 'simple-git';
 import { mkdir } from 'node:fs/promises';
 import { env } from './env.js';
-import { doesHaveEmbeddedToken } from './utils.js';
 
 type onProgressFn = (event: SimpleGitProgressEvent) => void;
 
@@ -28,10 +27,6 @@ export const cloneRepository = async (
         })
 
         if (authHeader) {
-            if (doesHaveEmbeddedToken(cloneUrl)) {
-                throw new Error("Cannot use auth header when clone URL has embedded token");
-            }
-
             await git.clone(
                 cloneUrl,
                 path,
@@ -87,10 +82,6 @@ export const fetchRepository = async (
         })
 
         if (authHeader) {
-            if (doesHaveEmbeddedToken(cloneUrl)) {
-                throw new Error("Cannot use auth header when clone URL has embedded token");
-            }
-
             await git.addConfig("http.extraHeader", authHeader);
         }
 
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/utils.ts b/packages/backend/src/utils.ts
index 99f638e8..0ea3371a 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/utils.ts
@@ -241,8 +241,3 @@ const createGitCloneUrlWithToken = (cloneUrl: string, credentials: { username?:
     }
     return url.toString();
 }
-
-export const doesHaveEmbeddedToken = (cloneUrl: string) => {
-    const url = new URL(cloneUrl);
-    return url.username || url.password;
-}
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