diff --git a/githubissues/main.go b/githubissues/main.go
index 40d7dab5..20928dc5 100644
--- a/githubissues/main.go
+++ b/githubissues/main.go
@@ -151,13 +151,10 @@ func (g *githubissuesNotifier) SendNotification(ctx context.Context, build *cbpb
 
 func GetGithubRepo(configGithubRepo string, build *cbpb.Build) string {
 	if build.Substitutions != nil {
-		if repo, ok := build.Substitutions["REPO_NAME"]; ok {
-			// split and only take repo name as last two parts
-			// e.g. "github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-build-notifiers" -> "GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-build-notifiers"
-			parts := strings.Split(repo, "/")
-			if len(parts) > 2 {
-				return strings.Join(parts[len(parts)-2:], "/")
-			}
+		if repo, ok := build.Substitutions["REPO_FULL_NAME"]; ok {
+			// return repo full name if it's available
+			// e.g. "GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-build-notifiers"
+			return repo
 		}
 	}
 	return configGithubRepo
diff --git a/githubissues/main_test.go b/githubissues/main_test.go
index 21e3c7cb..420b5bfa 100644
--- a/githubissues/main_test.go
+++ b/githubissues/main_test.go
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ func TestConfigs(t *testing.T) {
 func TestGetGithubRepo(t *testing.T) {
 	// test GetGithubRepo method
 	build := &cbpb.Build{
-		Substitutions: map[string]string{"REPO_NAME": "github.com/somename/somerepo"},
+		Substitutions: map[string]string{"REPO_FULL_NAME": "somename/somerepo"},
 	}
 	if got, want := GetGithubRepo("config/repo", build), "somename/somerepo"; got != want {
 		t.Errorf("got %q, want %q", got, want)