diff --git a/lib/get-git-auth-url.js b/lib/get-git-auth-url.js
index a51ee9ed..863879ba 100644
--- a/lib/get-git-auth-url.js
+++ b/lib/get-git-auth-url.js
@@ -47,18 +47,10 @@ module.exports = async ({cwd, env, options: {repositoryUrl, branch}}) => {
     const envVar = Object.keys(GIT_TOKENS).find(envVar => !isUndefined(env[envVar]));
     const gitCredentials = `${GIT_TOKENS[envVar] || ''}${env[envVar] || ''}`;
     const {protocols, ...parsed} = gitUrlParse(repositoryUrl);
-    const protocol = protocols.includes('https')
-      ? 'https'
-      : protocols.includes('http')
-        ? 'http'
-        : protocols.includes('ssh')
-          ? 'ssh'
-          : 'https';
+    const protocol = protocols.includes('https') ? 'https' : protocols.includes('http') ? 'http' : 'https';
 
     // If credentials are set via anvironment variables, convert the URL to http/https and add basic auth, otherwise return `repositoryUrl` as is
-    return gitCredentials && ['https', 'http'].includes(protocol)
-      ? {...parsed, protocols: [protocol], user: gitCredentials}.toString(protocol)
-      : repositoryUrl;
+    return gitCredentials ? {...parsed, protocols: [protocol], user: gitCredentials}.toString(protocol) : repositoryUrl;
   }
 
   return repositoryUrl;
diff --git a/test/get-git-auth-url.test.js b/test/get-git-auth-url.test.js
index f71265e9..e0c4828a 100644
--- a/test/get-git-auth-url.test.js
+++ b/test/get-git-auth-url.test.js
@@ -265,16 +265,3 @@ test('Do not add git credential to repositoryUrl if push is allowed', async t =>
     repositoryUrl
   );
 });
-
-test('Do not add git credentials if repositoryUrl is a "ssh" URL', async t => {
-  const {cwd} = await gitRepo();
-
-  t.is(
-    await getAuthUrl({
-      cwd,
-      env: {...env, GIT_CREDENTIALS: 'user:pass'},
-      options: {branch: 'master', repositoryUrl: 'ssh://git@host.null/owner/repo.git'},
-    }),
-    'ssh://git@host.null/owner/repo.git'
-  );
-});