diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/FetchOne.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/FetchOne.java
index d4e22d9..a10a658 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/FetchOne.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/FetchOne.java
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication.pull.fetch.Fetch;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication.pull.fetch.FetchFactory;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication.pull.fetch.RefUpdateState;
-import com.jcraft.jsch.JSchException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashSet;
@@ -314,9 +313,7 @@
       stateLog.error("Cannot replicate from " + uri, e, getStatesAsArray());
     } catch (TransportException e) {
       Throwable cause = e.getCause();
-      if (cause instanceof JSchException && cause.getMessage().startsWith("UnknownHostKey:")) {
-        repLog.error("Cannot replicate from {}: {}", uri, cause.getMessage());
-      } else if (e instanceof LockFailureException) {
+      if (e instanceof LockFailureException) {
         lockRetryCount++;
         // The LockFailureException message contains both URI and reason
         // for this failure.