diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3a7b0b82..2db61185 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -25,15 +25,16 @@ EXTRA_PLAYBOOK_OPTS ?=
 # INDEX_IMAGES=registry-proxy.engineering.redhat.com/rh-osbs/iib:394248,registry-proxy.engineering.redhat.com/rh-osbs/iib:394249
 INDEX_IMAGES ?=
 
-# This is to ensure that whether we start with a git@ or https:// URL, we end up with an https:// URL
-# This is because we expect to use tokens for repo authentication as opposed to SSH keys
-TARGET_REPO=$(shell git ls-remote --get-url --symref $(TARGET_ORIGIN) | sed -e 's/.*URL:[[:space:]]*//' -e 's%^git@%%' -e 's%^https://%%' -e 's%:%/%' -e 's%^%https://%')
 # git branch --show-current is also available as of git 2.22, but we will use this for compatibility
 TARGET_BRANCH ?= $(shell git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
 
 #default to the branch remote
 TARGET_ORIGIN ?= $(shell git config branch.$(TARGET_BRANCH).remote)
 
+# This is to ensure that whether we start with a git@ or https:// URL, we end up with an https:// URL
+# This is because we expect to use tokens for repo authentication as opposed to SSH keys
+TARGET_REPO=$(shell git ls-remote --get-url --symref $(TARGET_ORIGIN) | sed -e 's/.*URL:[[:space:]]*//' -e 's%^git@%%' -e 's%^https://%%' -e 's%:%/%' -e 's%^%https://%')
+
 UUID_FILE ?= ~/.config/validated-patterns/pattern-uuid
 UUID_HELM_OPTS ?=