diff --git a/packages/core-api/src/apis/implementations/auth/github/GithubAuth.ts b/packages/core-api/src/apis/implementations/auth/github/GithubAuth.ts
index d20eaa54cb..d75bceef97 100644
--- a/packages/core-api/src/apis/implementations/auth/github/GithubAuth.ts
+++ b/packages/core-api/src/apis/implementations/auth/github/GithubAuth.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { GithubSession } from './types';
 import { OAuthApi, AccessTokenOptions } from '../../../definitions/auth';
 import { OAuthRequestApi, AuthProvider } from '../../../definitions';
 import { SessionManager } from '../../../../lib/AuthSessionManager/types';
-import { RefreshingAuthSessionManager } from '../../../../lib/AuthSessionManager';
+import { StaticAuthSessionManager } from '../../../../lib/AuthSessionManager';
 
 type CreateOptions = {
   // TODO(Rugvip): These two should be grabbed from global config when available, they're not unique to GithubAuth
@@ -63,20 +63,16 @@ class GithubAuth implements OAuthApi {
       sessionTransform(res: GithubAuthResponse): GithubSession {
         return {
           accessToken: res.accessToken,
-          scopes: GithubAuth.normalizeScopes(res.scope),
+          scopes: GithubAuth.normalizeScope(res.scope),
           expiresAt: new Date(Date.now() + res.expiresInSeconds * 1000),
         };
       },
     });
 
-    const sessionManager = new RefreshingAuthSessionManager({
+    const sessionManager = new StaticAuthSessionManager({
       connector,
       defaultScopes: new Set(['user']),
       sessionScopes: session => session.scopes,
-      sessionShouldRefresh: session => {
-        const expiresInSec = (session.expiresAt.getTime() - Date.now()) / 1000;
-        return expiresInSec < 60 * 5;
-      },
     });
 
     return new GithubAuth(sessionManager);
@@ -84,11 +80,8 @@ class GithubAuth implements OAuthApi {
 
   constructor(private readonly sessionManager: SessionManager<GithubSession>) {}
 
-  async getAccessToken(
-    scope?: string | string[],
-    options?: AccessTokenOptions,
-  ) {
-    const normalizedScopes = GithubAuth.normalizeScopes(scope);
+  async getAccessToken(scope?: string, options?: AccessTokenOptions) {
+    const normalizedScopes = GithubAuth.normalizeScope(scope);
     const session = await this.sessionManager.getSession({
       ...options,
       scopes: normalizedScopes,
@@ -103,14 +96,14 @@ class GithubAuth implements OAuthApi {
     await this.sessionManager.removeSession();
   }
 
-  static normalizeScopes(scopes?: string | string[]): Set<string> {
-    if (!scopes) {
+  static normalizeScope(scope?: string): Set<string> {
+    if (!scope) {
       return new Set();
     }
 
-    const scopeList = Array.isArray(scopes)
-      ? scopes
-      : scopes.split(/[\s]/).filter(Boolean);
+    const scopeList = Array.isArray(scope)
+      ? scope
+      : scope.split(/[\s|,]/).filter(Boolean);
 
     return new Set(scopeList);
   }
diff --git a/packages/core-api/src/lib/AuthSessionManager/index.ts b/packages/core-api/src/lib/AuthSessionManager/index.ts
index 426c514646..16a8d3c378 100644
--- a/packages/core-api/src/lib/AuthSessionManager/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core-api/src/lib/AuthSessionManager/index.ts
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@
  */
 
 export { RefreshingAuthSessionManager } from './RefreshingAuthSessionManager';
+export { StaticAuthSessionManager } from './StaticAuthSessionManager';
 export * from './types';
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/github/provider.ts b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/github/provider.ts
index 1e8022e1cc..4445e98451 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/github/provider.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/github/provider.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import { Strategy as GithubStrategy } from 'passport-github2';
 import {
   executeFrameHandlerStrategy,
   executeRedirectStrategy,
-  executeRefreshTokenStrategy,
 } from '../PassportStrategyHelper';
 import {
   OAuthProviderHandlers,
@@ -37,23 +36,13 @@ export class GithubAuthProvider implements OAuthProviderHandlers {
     this.providerConfig = providerConfig;
     this._strategy = new GithubStrategy(
       { ...this.providerConfig.options },
-      (
-        accessToken: any,
-        refreshToken: any,
-        params: any,
-        profile: any,
-        done: any,
-      ) => {
-        done(
-          undefined,
-          {
-            profile,
-            accessToken,
-            scope: 'user', // params.scope is an empty string here for some reason, so hardcoding for now
-            expiresInSeconds: params.expires_in,
-          },
-          { refreshToken },
-        );
+      (accessToken: any, _: any, params: any, profile: any, done: any) => {
+        done(undefined, {
+          profile,
+          accessToken,
+          scope: params.scope,
+          expiresInSeconds: params.expires_in,
+        });
       },
     );
   }
@@ -67,18 +56,4 @@ export class GithubAuthProvider implements OAuthProviderHandlers {
   ): Promise<{ user: AuthInfoBase; info: AuthInfoPrivate }> {
     return await executeFrameHandlerStrategy(req, this._strategy);
   }
-
-  async refresh(refreshToken: string, scope: string): Promise<AuthInfoBase> {
-    const { accessToken, params } = await executeRefreshTokenStrategy(
-      this._strategy,
-      refreshToken,
-      scope,
-    );
-
-    return {
-      accessToken,
-      expiresInSeconds: params.expires_in,
-      scope: params.scope,
-    };
-  }
 }