diff --git a/app/views/shared/_import_form.html.haml b/app/views/shared/_import_form.html.haml
index 75fec53b29c..d0f9374e832 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_import_form.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_import_form.html.haml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 - ci_cd_only = local_assigns.fetch(:ci_cd_only, false)
 - import_url = Gitlab::UrlSanitizer.new(f.object.import_url)
 
-.form-group.import-url-data
+.import-url-data
   .form-group
     = f.label :import_url, class: 'label-bold' do
       %span
@@ -9,24 +9,18 @@
     = f.text_field :import_url, value: import_url.sanitized_url,
         autocomplete: 'off', class: 'form-control', placeholder: 'https://gitlab.company.com/group/project.git', required: true
 
-  .form-group#import_url_auth_method
-    = label :import_url_auth_method, class: 'label-bold' do
-      %span
-        = _('Authentication method')
-    = select_tag :import_url_auth_method, options_for_select([[_('None'), 'none'], [_('Username and Password'), 'username-and-password']]), class: 'form-control'
-
-  .div#import_url_auth_group{ style: 'display: none' }
-    .form-group
+  .row
+    .form-group.col-md-6
       = f.label :import_url_user, class: 'label-bold' do
         %span
           = _('Username (optional)')
       = f.text_field :import_url_user, value: import_url.user, class: 'form-control', required: false, autocomplete: 'new-password'
 
-    .form-group
+    .form-group.col-md-6
       = f.label :import_url_password, class: 'label-bold' do
         %span
-          = _('Git repository password')
-      = f.password_field :import_url_password, class: 'form-control', required: false, autocomplete: 'new-password', placeholder: 'Basic Auth Password'
+          = _('Password (optional)')
+      = f.password_field :import_url_password, class: 'form-control', required: false, autocomplete: 'new-password'
 
   .info-well.prepend-top-20
     .well-segment
@@ -34,7 +28,7 @@
         %li
           = _('The repository must be accessible over <code>http://</code>, <code>https://</code> or <code>git://</code>.').html_safe
         %li
-          = _('If your HTTP repository is not publicly accessible, add authentication information to the URL: <code>https://username:password@gitlab.company.com/group/project.git</code>.').html_safe
+          = _('If your HTTP repository is not publicly accessible, add your credentials.')
         %li
           = import_will_timeout_message(ci_cd_only)
         %li
diff --git a/app/workers/concerns/project_import_options.rb b/app/workers/concerns/project_import_options.rb
index 53b0459c48c..2baf768bfd1 100644
--- a/app/workers/concerns/project_import_options.rb
+++ b/app/workers/concerns/project_import_options.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 module ProjectImportOptions
   extend ActiveSupport::Concern
 
-  IMPORT_RETRY_COUNT = 0
+  IMPORT_RETRY_COUNT = 5
 
   included do
     sidekiq_options retry: IMPORT_RETRY_COUNT, status_expiration: StuckImportJobsWorker::IMPORT_JOBS_EXPIRATION
diff --git a/locale/gitlab.pot b/locale/gitlab.pot
index 99e7bb5c9a0..6ba55560b4c 100644
--- a/locale/gitlab.pot
+++ b/locale/gitlab.pot
@@ -4584,9 +4584,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Git repository URL"
 msgstr ""
 
-msgid "Git repository password"
-msgstr ""
-
 msgid "Git revision"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -5036,7 +5033,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "If this was a mistake you can leave the %{source_type}."
 msgstr ""
 
-msgid "If your HTTP repository is not publicly accessible, add authentication information to the URL: <code>https://username:password@gitlab.company.com/group/project.git</code>."
+msgid "If your HTTP repository is not publicly accessible, add your credentials."
 msgstr ""
 
 msgid "ImageDiffViewer|2-up"
@@ -6772,6 +6769,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Password"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "Password (optional)"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "Password authentication is unavailable."
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -10795,9 +10795,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Username (optional)"
 msgstr ""
 
-msgid "Username and Password"
-msgstr ""
-
 msgid "Username is already taken."
 msgstr ""
 
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/projects/project_new_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/projects/project_new_spec.js
index b61e0ac872f..106a3ba94e4 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/projects/project_new_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/projects/project_new_spec.js
@@ -10,7 +10,17 @@ describe('New Project', () => {
     setFixtures(`
       <div class='toggle-import-form'>
         <div class='import-url-data'>
-          <input id="project_import_url" />
+          <div class="form-group">
+            <input id="project_import_url" />
+          </div>
+          <div id="import-url-auth-method">
+            <div class="form-group">
+              <input id="project-import-url-user" />
+            </div>
+            <div class="form-group">
+              <input id="project_import_url_password" />
+            </div>
+          </div>
           <input id="project_name" />
           <input id="project_path" />
         </div>
@@ -119,7 +129,7 @@ describe('New Project', () => {
       });
 
       it('changes project path for HTTPS URL in $projectImportUrl', () => {
-        $projectImportUrl.val('https://username:password@gitlab.company.com/group/project.git');
+        $projectImportUrl.val('https://gitlab.company.com/group/project.git');
 
         projectNew.deriveProjectPathFromUrl($projectImportUrl);