diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b782b1e3..97ae6d74 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Documentation structure
 ### Fixed
 - Vault nilpointer if `SKIP_VAULT_SETUP` is set
+- Fix broken `gitlab.com` detection due to CloudFlare checking
 
 ## v0.1.5 - 2020-06-12
 ### Added
diff --git a/pkg/git/gitlab/gitlab.go b/pkg/git/gitlab/gitlab.go
index 4b81e5f6..45647a0e 100644
--- a/pkg/git/gitlab/gitlab.go
+++ b/pkg/git/gitlab/gitlab.go
@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@ package gitlab
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"strings"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/projectsyn/lieutenant-operator/pkg/git/helpers"
 	"github.com/projectsyn/lieutenant-operator/pkg/git/manager"
@@ -225,30 +223,11 @@ func (g *Gitlab) FullURL() *url.URL {
 	return sshURL
 }
 
-// IsType determines if the given url can be handled by this concrete implementation.
-// This is done by a simple http query to the login page of gitlab. If any errors occur anywhere
-// it will return false.
+// TODO: this will be deprecated in favour of a fixed type definition in the
+// CRD. As there's currently only the GitLab implementation this is a workaround
+// for the brittle detection.
 func (g *Gitlab) IsType(URL *url.URL) (bool, error) {
 
-	httpClient := &http.Client{
-		Timeout: 10 * time.Second,
-	}
-
-	gitlabURL := URL.Scheme + "://" + URL.Host + "/users/sign_in'"
-
-	resp, err := httpClient.Get(gitlabURL)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-
-	if resp.StatusCode == http.StatusNotFound {
-		return false, nil
-	}
-
-	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
-		return false, fmt.Errorf("status code was %d", resp.StatusCode)
-	}
-
 	return true, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/git/gitlab/gitlab_test.go b/pkg/git/gitlab/gitlab_test.go
index d0f1721b..9a5e0d3b 100644
--- a/pkg/git/gitlab/gitlab_test.go
+++ b/pkg/git/gitlab/gitlab_test.go
@@ -73,36 +73,6 @@ func TestGitlab_Read(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestGitlab_IsType(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		name       string
-		want       bool
-		httpServer *httptest.Server
-	}{
-		{
-			name:       "is gitlab",
-			want:       true,
-			httpServer: testGetHTTPServer(http.StatusOK, []byte("")),
-		},
-		{
-			name:       "is not Gitlab",
-			want:       false,
-			httpServer: testGetHTTPServer(http.StatusNotFound, []byte("")),
-		},
-	}
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			defer tt.httpServer.Close()
-			g := &Gitlab{}
-			serverURL, _ := url.Parse(tt.httpServer.URL)
-			if got, _ := g.IsType(serverURL); got != tt.want {
-				t.Errorf("IsType() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-
-}
-
 func testGetCreateServer() *httptest.Server {
 	mux := http.NewServeMux()