diff --git a/internal/search/repos/BUILD.bazel b/internal/search/repos/BUILD.bazel
index 9db479ece218..aa9f03f67825 100644
--- a/internal/search/repos/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/internal/search/repos/BUILD.bazel
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ go_library(
         "//internal/api",
         "//internal/conf",
         "//internal/database",
-        "//internal/dotcom",
         "//internal/endpoint",
         "//internal/gitserver",
         "//internal/gitserver/gitdomain",
diff --git a/internal/search/repos/repos.go b/internal/search/repos/repos.go
index 842d2d3d700f..be4a5b933256 100644
--- a/internal/search/repos/repos.go
+++ b/internal/search/repos/repos.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/api"
 	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/conf"
 	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/database"
-	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/dotcom"
 	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/endpoint"
 	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/gitserver"
 	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/gitserver/gitdomain"
@@ -1117,7 +1116,7 @@ func findPatternRevs(includePatterns []query.ParsedRepoFilter) (outputPatterns [
 }
 
 func optimizeRepoPatternWithHeuristics(repoPattern string) string {
-	if dotcom.SourcegraphDotComMode() && (strings.HasPrefix(repoPattern, "github.com") || strings.HasPrefix(repoPattern, `github\.com`)) {
+	if strings.HasPrefix(repoPattern, "github.com/") || strings.HasPrefix(repoPattern, `github\.com/`) {
 		repoPattern = "^" + repoPattern
 	}
 	// Optimization: make the "." in "github.com" a literal dot