diff --git a/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/urlReader/lib/GitlabUrlReader.ts b/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/urlReader/lib/GitlabUrlReader.ts
index 3e5497a307..a0521d6e23 100644
--- a/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/urlReader/lib/GitlabUrlReader.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/urlReader/lib/GitlabUrlReader.ts
@@ -340,10 +340,7 @@ export class GitlabUrlReader implements UrlReaderService {
       );
     }
     // Default to the old behavior of assuming the url is for a file
-    return getGitLabFileFetchUrl(target, {
-      ...this.integration.config,
-      ...(token && { token }),
-    });
+    return getGitLabFileFetchUrl(target, this.integration.config, token);
   }
 
   // convert urls of the form:
diff --git a/packages/integration/src/gitlab/core.ts b/packages/integration/src/gitlab/core.ts
index 4a17b2a15e..b25c50a583 100644
--- a/packages/integration/src/gitlab/core.ts
+++ b/packages/integration/src/gitlab/core.ts
@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@ import {
 export async function getGitLabFileFetchUrl(
   url: string,
   config: GitLabIntegrationConfig,
+  token?: string,
 ): Promise<string> {
-  const projectID = await getProjectId(url, config);
+  const projectID = await getProjectId(url, config, token);
   return buildProjectUrl(url, projectID, config).toString();
 }
 
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ export function buildProjectUrl(
 export async function getProjectId(
   target: string,
   config: GitLabIntegrationConfig,
+  token?: string,
 ): Promise<number> {
   const url = new URL(target);
 
@@ -143,7 +145,7 @@ export async function getProjectId(
 
     const response = await fetch(
       repoIDLookup.toString(),
-      getGitLabRequestOptions(config),
+      getGitLabRequestOptions(config, token),
     );
 
     const data = await response.json();