diff --git a/.changeset/yellow-tips-exist.md b/.changeset/yellow-tips-exist.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d7b02533e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/yellow-tips-exist.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-github': patch
+---
+
+Remove the duplicated `scheduleFn` initialization in `GitHubEntityProvider`.
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/src/providers/GitHubEntityProvider.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/src/providers/GitHubEntityProvider.ts
index cf9b2cdd0a..3909b5a3c2 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/src/providers/GitHubEntityProvider.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/src/providers/GitHubEntityProvider.ts
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ export class GitHubEntityProvider implements EntityProvider {
     this.scheduleFn = this.createScheduleFn(schedule);
     this.githubCredentialsProvider =
       SingleInstanceGithubCredentialsProvider.create(integration.config);
-    this.scheduleFn = this.createScheduleFn(schedule);
   }
 
   /** {@inheritdoc @backstage/plugin-catalog-backend#EntityProvider.getProviderName} */