diff --git a/app/controllers/projects/git_http_client_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects/git_http_client_controller.rb
index 9a1bf037a95..44b0853e3e9 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects/git_http_client_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects/git_http_client_controller.rb
@@ -152,8 +152,4 @@ class Projects::GitHttpClientController < Projects::ApplicationController
   def has_authentication_ability?(capability)
     (authentication_abilities || []).include?(capability)
   end
-
-  def authentication_project
-    authentication_result.project
-  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/git_access_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/git_access_spec.rb
index a86afe57873..1033fef9684 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/git_access_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/git_access_spec.rb
@@ -23,30 +23,30 @@ describe Gitlab::GitAccess, lib: true do
     context 'ssh disabled' do
       before do
         disable_protocol('ssh')
-        @acc = Gitlab::GitAccess.new(actor, project, 'ssh', authentication_abilities: authentication_abilities)
       end
 
       it 'blocks ssh git push' do
-        expect(@acc.check('git-receive-pack', '_any').allowed?).to be_falsey
+        expect(access.check('git-receive-pack', '_any').allowed?).to be_falsey
       end
 
       it 'blocks ssh git pull' do
-        expect(@acc.check('git-upload-pack', '_any').allowed?).to be_falsey
+        expect(access.check('git-upload-pack', '_any').allowed?).to be_falsey
       end
     end
 
     context 'http disabled' do
+      let(:protocol) { 'http' }
+
       before do
         disable_protocol('http')
-        @acc = Gitlab::GitAccess.new(actor, project, 'http', authentication_abilities: authentication_abilities)
       end
 
       it 'blocks http push' do
-        expect(@acc.check('git-receive-pack', '_any').allowed?).to be_falsey
+        expect(access.check('git-receive-pack', '_any').allowed?).to be_falsey
       end
 
       it 'blocks http git pull' do
-        expect(@acc.check('git-upload-pack', '_any').allowed?).to be_falsey
+        expect(access.check('git-upload-pack', '_any').allowed?).to be_falsey
       end
     end
   end