diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/git/repository_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/git/repository_spec.rb
index bc139d5ef28169b7abd6bff7630930d6906bb91c..9c3a4571ce433b64a785cc7cbb0389f6e86e88f2 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/git/repository_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/git/repository_spec.rb
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ describe Gitlab::Git::Repository, seed_helper: true do
   describe "#remote_add" do
     before(:all) do
       @repo = Gitlab::Git::Repository.new(TEST_MUTABLE_REPO_PATH)
-      @repo.remote_add("new_remote", SeedHelper::GITLAB_URL)
+      @repo.remote_add("new_remote", SeedHelper::GITLAB_GIT_TEST_REPO_URL)
     end
 
     it "should add the remote" do
diff --git a/spec/support/seed_helper.rb b/spec/support/seed_helper.rb
index 07f81e9c4f3462338c8b581757a64b64fa037fb3..f55fee28ff938093420372b5cb978b0054aa4f2f 100644
--- a/spec/support/seed_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/support/seed_helper.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ TEST_MUTABLE_REPO_PATH = File.join(SEED_REPOSITORY_PATH, "mutable-repo.git")
 TEST_BROKEN_REPO_PATH  = File.join(SEED_REPOSITORY_PATH, "broken-repo.git")
 
 module SeedHelper
-  GITLAB_URL = "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-git-test.git".freeze
+  GITLAB_GIT_TEST_REPO_URL = ENV.fetch('GITLAB_GIT_TEST_REPO_URL', 'https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-git-test.git').freeze
 
   def ensure_seeds
     if File.exist?(SEED_REPOSITORY_PATH)
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ module SeedHelper
   end
 
   def create_bare_seeds
-    system(git_env, *%W(#{Gitlab.config.git.bin_path} clone --bare #{GITLAB_URL}),
+    system(git_env, *%W(#{Gitlab.config.git.bin_path} clone --bare #{GITLAB_GIT_TEST_REPO_URL}),
            chdir: SEED_REPOSITORY_PATH,
            out:   '/dev/null',
            err:   '/dev/null')
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ module SeedHelper
     system(git_env, *%w(git branch -t feature origin/feature),
            chdir: TEST_MUTABLE_REPO_PATH, out: '/dev/null', err: '/dev/null')
 
-    system(git_env, *%W(#{Gitlab.config.git.bin_path} remote add expendable #{GITLAB_URL}),
+    system(git_env, *%W(#{Gitlab.config.git.bin_path} remote add expendable #{GITLAB_GIT_TEST_REPO_URL}),
            chdir: TEST_MUTABLE_REPO_PATH, out: '/dev/null', err: '/dev/null')
   end