diff --git a/lib/platform/common.ts b/lib/platform/common.ts
index 0d44da659310df2740c046a67c77175a9fa59a50..0a0467bdb3f5c22e5bb9e3c70930b010ddfacd31 100644
--- a/lib/platform/common.ts
+++ b/lib/platform/common.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ export interface GotApi<TOptions extends object = any> {
 }
 
 export interface PlatformConfig {
+  endpoint?: string;
+  renovateUsername?: any;
+  gitAuthor?: any;
   isFork: boolean;
   privateRepo: boolean;
   // do we need this?
diff --git a/lib/platform/github/index.ts b/lib/platform/github/index.ts
index 58de4b66916db706b4a72dc83c375264a54f7c46..a2d9eff0c5407fc9d3a5d2446f29fc6176524e5d 100644
--- a/lib/platform/github/index.ts
+++ b/lib/platform/github/index.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { logger } from '../../logger';
 import { api } from './gh-got-wrapper';
 import * as hostRules from '../../util/host-rules';
 import GitStorage from '../git/storage';
+import { PlatformConfig } from '../common';
 
 import {
   appName,
@@ -17,12 +18,6 @@ import {
 
 const defaultConfigFile = configFileNames[0];
 
-interface PlatformConfig {
-  gitAuthor: string;
-  renovateUsername: string;
-  endpoint: string;
-}
-
 interface Comment {
   id: number;
   body: string;
@@ -191,7 +186,7 @@ export async function initRepo({
   [config.repositoryOwner, config.repositoryName] = repository.split('/');
   config.gitPrivateKey = gitPrivateKey;
   // platformConfig is passed back to the app layer and contains info about the platform they require
-  const platformConfig: { privateRepo: boolean; isFork: boolean } = {} as any;
+  const platformConfig: PlatformConfig = {} as any;
   let res;
   try {
     res = await api.get(`repos/${repository}`);