diff --git a/pkg/ssh/cmd/cmd.go b/pkg/ssh/cmd/cmd.go
index 61645966d252f9d82266164c756b9d8e1a587125..18624eb333adb56ba7992c154c79d15fad20f43b 100644
--- a/pkg/ssh/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/pkg/ssh/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ func checkIfAdmin(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 func checkIfCollab(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	var repo string
 	if len(args) > 0 {
-		repo = utils.SanitizeRepo(args[0])
+		repo = args[0]
 	}
 
 	ctx := cmd.Context()