diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/src/providers/GitHubEntityProvider.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/src/providers/GitHubEntityProvider.ts
index e47ed62890..eb5b9d67e2 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/src/providers/GitHubEntityProvider.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/src/providers/GitHubEntityProvider.ts
@@ -187,9 +187,8 @@ export class GitHubEntityProvider implements EntityProvider {
     const matchingRepositories = repositories.filter(r => {
       return (
         !r.isArchived &&
-        (repositoryFilter
-          ? repositoryFilter?.test(r.name)
-          : true && r.defaultBranchRef?.name)
+        (!repositoryFilter || repositoryFilter.test(r.name)) &&
+        r.defaultBranchRef?.name
       );
     });
     return matchingRepositories;