diff --git a/app/models/project_wiki.rb b/app/models/project_wiki.rb
index 189c106b70b..f38fbda7839 100644
--- a/app/models/project_wiki.rb
+++ b/app/models/project_wiki.rb
@@ -42,11 +42,8 @@ class ProjectWiki
     url_to_repo
   end
 
-  def http_url_to_repo(user = nil)
-    url = "#{Gitlab.config.gitlab.url}/#{path_with_namespace}.git"
-    credentials = Gitlab::UrlSanitizer.http_credentials_for_user(user)
-
-    Gitlab::UrlSanitizer.new(url, credentials: credentials).full_url
+  def http_url_to_repo
+    "#{Gitlab.config.gitlab.url}/#{path_with_namespace}.git"
   end
 
   def wiki_base_path
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/url_sanitizer.rb b/lib/gitlab/url_sanitizer.rb
index 9ce13feb79a..c81dc7e30d0 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/url_sanitizer.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/url_sanitizer.rb
@@ -18,12 +18,6 @@ module Gitlab
       false
     end
 
-    def self.http_credentials_for_user(user)
-      return {} unless user.respond_to?(:username)
-
-      { user: user.username }
-    end
-
     def initialize(url, credentials: nil)
       @url = Addressable::URI.parse(url.strip)
       @credentials = credentials
diff --git a/spec/features/projects/wiki/user_git_access_wiki_page_spec.rb b/spec/features/projects/wiki/user_git_access_wiki_page_spec.rb
index 6825b95c8aa..95826e7e5be 100644
--- a/spec/features/projects/wiki/user_git_access_wiki_page_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/projects/wiki/user_git_access_wiki_page_spec.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ describe 'Projects > Wiki > User views Git access wiki page', :feature do
 
     click_link 'Clone repository'
     expect(page).to have_text("Clone repository #{project.wiki.path_with_namespace}")
-    expect(page).to have_text(project.wiki.http_url_to_repo(user))
+    expect(page).to have_text(project.wiki.http_url_to_repo)
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/url_sanitizer_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/url_sanitizer_spec.rb
index fc144a2556a..6bce724a3f6 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/url_sanitizer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/url_sanitizer_spec.rb
@@ -62,11 +62,6 @@ describe Gitlab::UrlSanitizer, lib: true do
     end
   end
 
-  describe '.http_credentials_for_user' do
-    it { expect(described_class.http_credentials_for_user(user)).to eq({ user: 'john.doe' }) }
-    it { expect(described_class.http_credentials_for_user('foo')).to eq({}) }
-  end
-
   describe '#sanitized_url' do
     it { expect(url_sanitizer.sanitized_url).to eq("https://github.com/me/project.git") }
   end
@@ -76,7 +71,7 @@ describe Gitlab::UrlSanitizer, lib: true do
 
     context 'when user is given to #initialize' do
       let(:url_sanitizer) do
-        described_class.new("https://github.com/me/project.git", credentials: described_class.http_credentials_for_user(user))
+        described_class.new("https://github.com/me/project.git", credentials: { user: user.username })
       end
 
       it { expect(url_sanitizer.credentials).to eq({ user: 'john.doe' }) }
@@ -94,7 +89,7 @@ describe Gitlab::UrlSanitizer, lib: true do
 
     context 'when user is given to #initialize' do
       let(:url_sanitizer) do
-        described_class.new("https://github.com/me/project.git", credentials: described_class.http_credentials_for_user(user))
+        described_class.new("https://github.com/me/project.git", credentials: { user: user.username })
       end
 
       it { expect(url_sanitizer.full_url).to eq("https://john.doe@github.com/me/project.git") }
diff --git a/spec/models/project_wiki_spec.rb b/spec/models/project_wiki_spec.rb
index 969e9f7a130..224067f58dd 100644
--- a/spec/models/project_wiki_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/project_wiki_spec.rb
@@ -37,21 +37,11 @@ describe ProjectWiki, models: true do
   describe "#http_url_to_repo" do
     let(:project) { create :empty_project }
 
-    context 'when no user is given' do
-      it 'returns the url to the repo without a username' do
-        expected_url = "#{Gitlab.config.gitlab.url}/#{subject.path_with_namespace}.git"
+    it 'returns the full http url to the repo' do
+      expected_url = "#{Gitlab.config.gitlab.url}/#{subject.path_with_namespace}.git"
 
-        expect(project_wiki.http_url_to_repo).to eq(expected_url)
-        expect(project_wiki.http_url_to_repo).not_to include('@')
-      end
-    end
-
-    context 'when user is given' do
-      it 'returns the url to the repo with the username' do
-        user = build_stubbed(:user)
-
-        expect(project_wiki.http_url_to_repo(user)).to start_with("http://#{user.username}@")
-      end
+      expect(project_wiki.http_url_to_repo).to eq(expected_url)
+      expect(project_wiki.http_url_to_repo).not_to include('@')
     end
   end