diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitea/src/actions/gitea.test.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitea/src/actions/gitea.test.ts
index 0ab2fd507b..5e1e94b1b4 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitea/src/actions/gitea.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitea/src/actions/gitea.test.ts
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ describe('publish:gitea', () => {
       rest.post('https://gitea.com/api/v1/orgs/org1/repos', (req, res, ctx) => {
         // Basic auth must match the user and password defined part of the config
         expect(req.headers.get('Authorization')).toBe(
-          'Basic Z2l0ZWFfdXNlcjpnaXRlYV9wYXNzd29yZA==',
+          'basic Z2l0ZWFfdXNlcjpnaXRlYV9wYXNzd29yZA==',
         );
         expect(req.body).toEqual({
           name: 'repo',
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitea/src/actions/gitea.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitea/src/actions/gitea.ts
index 412d437a7a..c022bf4d08 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitea/src/actions/gitea.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitea/src/actions/gitea.ts
@@ -28,10 +28,8 @@ import {
   parseRepoUrl,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
 import { examples } from './gitea.examples';
-import fetch, { RequestInit, Response } from 'node-fetch';
 import crypto from 'crypto';
 
-/* NOT USED. See TODO hereafter */
 const checkGiteaContentUrl = async (
   config: GiteaIntegrationConfig,
   options: {