diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/GitLabDiscoveryProcessor.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/GitLabDiscoveryProcessor.ts
index 70ccd44793..d4fa2b7cce 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/GitLabDiscoveryProcessor.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/GitLabDiscoveryProcessor.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export class GitLabDiscoveryProcessor implements CatalogProcessor {
     };
     for await (const project of projects) {
       result.scanned++;
-      if (!project.archived) {
+      if (!(project.archived || project.default_branch === undefined)) {
         result.matches.push(project);
       }
     }