diff --git a/packages/integration/src/gitlab/config.ts b/packages/integration/src/gitlab/config.ts
index f74b849c74..71b4cd868f 100644
--- a/packages/integration/src/gitlab/config.ts
+++ b/packages/integration/src/gitlab/config.ts
@@ -82,11 +82,7 @@ export function readGitLabIntegrationConfig(
     baseUrl = `https://${host}`;
   }
 
-  if (host.includes(':')) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `Invalid GitLab integration config, host '${host}' should just be the host name (e.g. "github.com"), not a URL`,
-    );
-  } else if (!isValidHost(host)) {
+  if (!isValidHost(host)) {
     throw new Error(
       `Invalid GitLab integration config, '${host}' is not a valid host`,
     );
diff --git a/packages/integration/src/gitlab/core.ts b/packages/integration/src/gitlab/core.ts
index c5b0713340..f7dfd26d78 100644
--- a/packages/integration/src/gitlab/core.ts
+++ b/packages/integration/src/gitlab/core.ts
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ export async function getProjectId(
     // Convert
     // to: https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/groupA%2Fteams%2FsubgroupA%2FteamA%2Frepo
     const repoIDLookup = new URL(
-      `${url.protocol + url.hostname}/api/v4/projects/${encodeURIComponent(
+      `${url.protocol + url.host}/api/v4/projects/${encodeURIComponent(
         repo.replace(/^\//, ''),
       )}`,
     );