diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/error.js b/lib/workers/repository/error.js
index d646012dd578ebc9288e68113be31a08ce5d6a85..f26634b75f17e69a24d39451e21f3a46bad664b7 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/error.js
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/error.js
@@ -120,10 +120,7 @@ async function handleError(config, err) {
     delete config.branchList; // eslint-disable-line no-param-reassign
     return err.message;
   }
-  if (
-    err.message.includes('unable to access') &&
-    err.message.includes('The requested URL returned error: 5')
-  ) {
+  if (err.message.includes('The requested URL returned error: 5')) {
     logger.debug({ err }, 'git 5xx error');
     logger.warn('Git error - aborting');
     delete config.branchList; // eslint-disable-line no-param-reassign