diff --git a/lib/platform/azure/index.ts b/lib/platform/azure/index.ts
index 8ad3fd9805c15cf73645e47f778659fe538d1427..3c34c13911056e4d1809dbefe5162bca72e8a174 100644
--- a/lib/platform/azure/index.ts
+++ b/lib/platform/azure/index.ts
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ export async function initRepo({
     url,
   });
   const repoConfig: RepoConfig = {
-    privateRepo: true,
     isFork: false,
   };
   return repoConfig;
diff --git a/lib/platform/bitbucket-server/index.ts b/lib/platform/bitbucket-server/index.ts
index 3db6783c49eb5b7cb71a148cdc79e6fe70e1baa3..6aa0e78b1ee7b8b4dd71a3229070838a47063f94 100644
--- a/lib/platform/bitbucket-server/index.ts
+++ b/lib/platform/bitbucket-server/index.ts
@@ -186,7 +186,6 @@ export async function initRepo({
     const info = (await api.get(
       `./rest/api/1.0/projects/${config.projectKey}/repos/${config.repositorySlug}`
     )).body;
-    repoConfig.privateRepo = info.is_private;
     repoConfig.isFork = !!info.parent;
     config.owner = info.project.key;
     logger.debug(`${repository} owner = ${config.owner}`);
diff --git a/lib/platform/bitbucket/index.ts b/lib/platform/bitbucket/index.ts
index 48502dd9ff8c93fbb2e688c4bdbcdc24eb1faac6..b7d5310a3e8f982907ea1b2ae3efb0426d26ecb4 100644
--- a/lib/platform/bitbucket/index.ts
+++ b/lib/platform/bitbucket/index.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ export async function initRepo({
       }
     }
 
-    repoConfig.privateRepo = info.privateRepo;
     repoConfig.isFork = info.isFork;
 
     Object.assign(config, {
diff --git a/lib/platform/bitbucket/utils.ts b/lib/platform/bitbucket/utils.ts
index 710164f66c6a5f10546d863185978d39c8abd6d8..44ed49d963c1a793474f7824a0f151000d11e6e7 100644
--- a/lib/platform/bitbucket/utils.ts
+++ b/lib/platform/bitbucket/utils.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ export interface PagedResult<T = any> {
 
 export function repoInfoTransformer(repoInfoBody: any) {
   return {
-    privateRepo: repoInfoBody.is_private,
     isFork: !!repoInfoBody.parent,
     owner: repoInfoBody.owner.username,
     mainbranch: repoInfoBody.mainbranch.name,
diff --git a/lib/platform/common.ts b/lib/platform/common.ts
index 3deb3174f0d943dae63793c113419f4461bd749b..57e8c5f3de0f322283705347ee8165d339134b5a 100644
--- a/lib/platform/common.ts
+++ b/lib/platform/common.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ export interface RepoConfig {
   renovateUsername?: any;
   gitAuthor?: any;
   isFork: boolean;
-  privateRepo: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface RepoParams {
diff --git a/lib/platform/github/index.ts b/lib/platform/github/index.ts
index af9ceb0c3c645bd8134c07e65fb0504c236cc069..2c634ab00d916305d0c0f9bd37e5fd16cb25234f 100644
--- a/lib/platform/github/index.ts
+++ b/lib/platform/github/index.ts
@@ -237,7 +237,6 @@ export async function initRepo({
         throw new Error('disabled');
       }
     }
-    repoConfig.privateRepo = res.body.private === true;
     repoConfig.isFork = res.body.fork === true;
     const owner = res.body.owner.login;
     logger.debug(`${repository} owner = ${owner}`);
diff --git a/test/platform/azure/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap b/test/platform/azure/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap
index 22cc6cb3c6b2d74e258ff302c0ba008412ad7834..5dbe39b57ad8289758a4a814dea2b79561ea886e 100644
--- a/test/platform/azure/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/test/platform/azure/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ Array [
 exports[`platform/azure initRepo should initialise the config for a repo 2`] = `
 Object {
   "isFork": false,
-  "privateRepo": true,
 }
 `;
 
diff --git a/test/platform/bitbucket-server/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap b/test/platform/bitbucket-server/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap
index 7a53c606cbaa713f74194091a2e79b74d9f8d784..74bd00343358cb5bda595635f9d75df5bd200125 100644
--- a/test/platform/bitbucket-server/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/test/platform/bitbucket-server/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap
@@ -999,14 +999,12 @@ Object {
 exports[`platform/bitbucket-server endpoint with no path initRepo() does not throw 1`] = `
 Object {
   "isFork": false,
-  "privateRepo": undefined,
 }
 `;
 
 exports[`platform/bitbucket-server endpoint with no path initRepo() works 1`] = `
 Object {
   "isFork": false,
-  "privateRepo": undefined,
 }
 `;
 
@@ -2473,14 +2471,12 @@ Object {
 exports[`platform/bitbucket-server endpoint with path initRepo() does not throw 1`] = `
 Object {
   "isFork": false,
-  "privateRepo": undefined,
 }
 `;
 
 exports[`platform/bitbucket-server endpoint with path initRepo() works 1`] = `
 Object {
   "isFork": false,
-  "privateRepo": undefined,
 }
 `;
 
diff --git a/test/platform/bitbucket/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap b/test/platform/bitbucket/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap
index 6e3c4958fa3f517cef229a892aeb28d7ac07e102..fb3b68738245cbad8c0081006e98bbf188f50b0a 100644
--- a/test/platform/bitbucket/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/test/platform/bitbucket/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap
@@ -280,7 +280,6 @@ Object {
 exports[`platform/bitbucket initRepo() works 1`] = `
 Object {
   "isFork": false,
-  "privateRepo": false,
 }
 `;
 
diff --git a/test/platform/github/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap b/test/platform/github/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap
index d1efba10c72c090f8747ab881bf388815bec8fc1..bf4e9e4ae0c5e865aa5c6d9926ec766e19ad1d20 100644
--- a/test/platform/github/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/test/platform/github/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap
@@ -415,42 +415,36 @@ Object {
 exports[`platform/github initRepo should forks when forkMode 1`] = `
 Object {
   "isFork": false,
-  "privateRepo": false,
 }
 `;
 
 exports[`platform/github initRepo should merge 1`] = `
 Object {
   "isFork": false,
-  "privateRepo": false,
 }
 `;
 
 exports[`platform/github initRepo should not guess at merge 1`] = `
 Object {
   "isFork": false,
-  "privateRepo": false,
 }
 `;
 
 exports[`platform/github initRepo should rebase 1`] = `
 Object {
   "isFork": false,
-  "privateRepo": false,
 }
 `;
 
 exports[`platform/github initRepo should squash 1`] = `
 Object {
   "isFork": false,
-  "privateRepo": false,
 }
 `;
 
 exports[`platform/github initRepo should update fork when forkMode 1`] = `
 Object {
   "isFork": false,
-  "privateRepo": false,
 }
 `;