diff --git a/lib/github/import.rb b/lib/github/import.rb
index 17244d8aea12b22688932d938c0d82dc00a363f6..17dd6dd0ccf808803e593d20cc9ef4ad727604b4 100644
--- a/lib/github/import.rb
+++ b/lib/github/import.rb
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ module Github
         project.repository.add_remote('github', "https://{token}@github.com/#{owner}/#{repo}.git")
         project.repository.set_remote_as_mirror('github')
         project.repository.fetch_remote('github', forced: true)
-        project.repository.remove_remote('github')
       rescue Gitlab::Shell::Error => e
         error(:project, "https://github.com/#{owner}/#{repo}.git", e.message)
       end