diff --git a/src/shared/GitLab/GitLabHostProvider.cs b/src/shared/GitLab/GitLabHostProvider.cs
index eda6e2f0f..545e87a69 100644
--- a/src/shared/GitLab/GitLabHostProvider.cs
+++ b/src/shared/GitLab/GitLabHostProvider.cs
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ public override bool IsSupported(InputArguments input)
                 return false;
             }
 
-            // We do not support unencrypted HTTP communications to GitLab,
-            // but we report `true` here for HTTP so that we can show a helpful
-            // error message for the user in `CreateCredentialAsync`.
             if (!StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase.Equals(input.Protocol, "http") &&
                 !StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase.Equals(input.Protocol, "https"))
             {
@@ -94,13 +91,6 @@ public override async Task<ICredential> GenerateCredentialAsync(InputArguments i
         {
             ThrowIfDisposed();
 
-            // We should not allow unencrypted communication and should inform the user
-            if (StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase.Equals(input.Protocol, "http"))
-            {
-                throw new Trace2Exception(Context.Trace2,
-                    "Unencrypted HTTP is not supported for GitHub. Ensure the repository remote URL is using HTTPS.");
-            }
-
             Uri remoteUri = input.GetRemoteUri();
 
             AuthenticationModes authModes = GetSupportedAuthenticationModes(remoteUri);