diff --git a/lib/config/validation.js b/lib/config/validation.js
index 673ebf8dd5d2568fc6aae89b27520544ddb1731c..d61e908c082cb267898a3139fc52c29406a51e13 100644
--- a/lib/config/validation.js
+++ b/lib/config/validation.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ function validateConfig(config) {
   let warnings = [];
 
   function isIgnored(key) {
-    const ignoredNodes = ['depType', 'npmToken', 'packageFile', 'forkToken'];
+    const ignoredNodes = ['depType', 'npmToken', 'packageFile', 'forkToken', 'repository'];
     return ignoredNodes.indexOf(key) !== -1;
   }