diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/src/providers/GitHubEntityProvider.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/src/providers/GitHubEntityProvider.ts
index 4a82b37909..43c01e8f7c 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/src/providers/GitHubEntityProvider.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/src/providers/GitHubEntityProvider.ts
@@ -185,11 +185,9 @@ export class GitHubEntityProvider implements EntityProvider {
     const repositoryFilter = this.config.filters?.repository;
 
     const matchingRepositories = repositories.filter(r => {
-      return (
-        !r.isArchived &&
-        repositoryFilter?.test(r.name) &&
-        r.defaultBranchRef?.name
-      );
+      return !r.isArchived && repositoryFilter
+        ? repositoryFilter?.test(r.name)
+        : true && r.defaultBranchRef?.name;
     });
     return matchingRepositories;
   }