diff --git a/builder/remotecontext/git/gitutils.go b/builder/remotecontext/git/gitutils.go
index 91a0f5baea..b94d462cd5 100644
--- a/builder/remotecontext/git/gitutils.go
+++ b/builder/remotecontext/git/gitutils.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func Clone(remoteURL string) (string, error) {
 func parseRemoteURL(remoteURL string) (gitRepo, error) {
 	repo := gitRepo{}
 
-	if !urlutil.IsGitTransport(remoteURL) {
+	if !isGitTransport(remoteURL) {
 		remoteURL = "https://" + remoteURL
 	}
 
@@ -151,3 +151,9 @@ func gitWithinDir(dir string, args ...string) ([]byte, error) {
 func git(args ...string) ([]byte, error) {
 	return exec.Command("git", args...).CombinedOutput()
 }
+
+// isGitTransport returns true if the provided str is a git transport by inspecting
+// the prefix of the string for known protocols used in git.
+func isGitTransport(str string) bool {
+	return urlutil.IsURL(str) || strings.HasPrefix(str, "git://") || strings.HasPrefix(str, "git@")
+}
diff --git a/builder/remotecontext/git/gitutils_test.go b/builder/remotecontext/git/gitutils_test.go
index b6523a223e..c638a498f2 100644
--- a/builder/remotecontext/git/gitutils_test.go
+++ b/builder/remotecontext/git/gitutils_test.go
@@ -209,3 +209,30 @@ func TestCheckoutGit(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, c.exp, string(b))
 	}
 }
+
+func TestValidGitTransport(t *testing.T) {
+	gitUrls := []string{
+		"git://github.com/docker/docker",
+		"git@github.com:docker/docker.git",
+		"git@bitbucket.org:atlassianlabs/atlassian-docker.git",
+		"https://github.com/docker/docker.git",
+		"http://github.com/docker/docker.git",
+		"http://github.com/docker/docker.git#branch",
+		"http://github.com/docker/docker.git#:dir",
+	}
+	incompleteGitUrls := []string{
+		"github.com/docker/docker",
+	}
+
+	for _, url := range gitUrls {
+		if !isGitTransport(url) {
+			t.Fatalf("%q should be detected as valid Git prefix", url)
+		}
+	}
+
+	for _, url := range incompleteGitUrls {
+		if isGitTransport(url) {
+			t.Fatalf("%q should not be detected as valid Git prefix", url)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/urlutil/urlutil.go b/pkg/urlutil/urlutil.go
index 44152873b1..cfcd582036 100644
--- a/pkg/urlutil/urlutil.go
+++ b/pkg/urlutil/urlutil.go
@@ -29,12 +29,6 @@ func IsGitURL(str string) bool {
 	return checkURL(str, "git")
 }
 
-// IsGitTransport returns true if the provided str is a git transport by inspecting
-// the prefix of the string for known protocols used in git.
-func IsGitTransport(str string) bool {
-	return IsURL(str) || strings.HasPrefix(str, "git://") || strings.HasPrefix(str, "git@")
-}
-
 // IsTransportURL returns true if the provided str is a transport (tcp, tcp+tls, udp, unix) URL.
 func IsTransportURL(str string) bool {
 	return checkURL(str, "transport")
diff --git a/pkg/urlutil/urlutil_test.go b/pkg/urlutil/urlutil_test.go
index d84145a160..e7579f554f 100644
--- a/pkg/urlutil/urlutil_test.go
+++ b/pkg/urlutil/urlutil_test.go
@@ -27,20 +27,6 @@ var (
 	}
 )
 
-func TestValidGitTransport(t *testing.T) {
-	for _, url := range gitUrls {
-		if !IsGitTransport(url) {
-			t.Fatalf("%q should be detected as valid Git prefix", url)
-		}
-	}
-
-	for _, url := range incompleteGitUrls {
-		if IsGitTransport(url) {
-			t.Fatalf("%q should not be detected as valid Git prefix", url)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 func TestIsGIT(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, url := range gitUrls {
 		if !IsGitURL(url) {