diff --git a/Build/AtlasBuildScripts/checkout_atlasexternals.sh b/Build/AtlasBuildScripts/checkout_atlasexternals.sh
index ba9ebadd509ded5bd6220acaf4689984a9867939..792cec61510b2ddf348b46c223474f50ecf1b332 100755
--- a/Build/AtlasBuildScripts/checkout_atlasexternals.sh
+++ b/Build/AtlasBuildScripts/checkout_atlasexternals.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ usage() {
 # Parse the command line arguments:
 TAGBRANCH=""
 SOURCEDIR=""
-EXTERNALSURL="https://:@gitlab.cern.ch:8443/atlas/atlasexternals.git"
+EXTERNALSURL="https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/atlasexternals.git"
 while getopts ":t:o:s:e:h" opt; do
     case $opt in
         t)