diff --git a/src/GitHub.Exports/Primitives/UriString.cs b/src/GitHub.Exports/Primitives/UriString.cs
index 8125bdaf4f..aeea7e372c 100644
--- a/src/GitHub.Exports/Primitives/UriString.cs
+++ b/src/GitHub.Exports/Primitives/UriString.cs
@@ -135,8 +135,7 @@ bool ParseScpSyntax(string scpString)
         public Uri ToRepositoryUrl()
         {
             // we only want to process urls that represent network resources
-            if (!IsValidUri && !IsScpUri) return url;
-            if (IsValidUri && IsFileUri) return url;
+            if (!IsScpUri && (!IsValidUri || IsFileUri)) return url;
 
             var scheme = url != null && IsHypertextTransferProtocol
                 ? url.Scheme