diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/fetch/JGitFetch.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/fetch/JGitFetch.java
index 816d101..1845230 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/fetch/JGitFetch.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/fetch/JGitFetch.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.google.inject.assistedinject.Assisted;
+import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication.pull.transport.TransportProvider;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/TransportProvider.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/transport/TransportProvider.java
similarity index 67%
rename from src/main/java/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/TransportProvider.java
rename to src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/transport/TransportProvider.java
index ca15b6c..c52db82 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/TransportProvider.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/transport/TransportProvider.java
@@ -12,8 +12,11 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-package org.eclipse.jgit.transport;
+package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication.pull.transport;
 
+import static org.eclipse.jgit.util.HttpSupport.HDR_AUTHORIZATION;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.google.inject.Singleton;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication.CredentialsFactory;
@@ -23,10 +26,15 @@
 import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.NotSupportedException;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.TransportException;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.CredentialsProvider;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.RemoteConfig;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.Transport;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.TransportHttp;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.URIish;
 
 /**
- * This class is responsible for providing a Custom Git HTTP Transport with Bearer Token
- * Authentication or a concrete implementation of {@link org.eclipse.jgit.transport.Transport}.
+ * This class is responsible for setting bearer token header for Bearer Token Authentication using
+ * {@link org.eclipse.jgit.transport.TransportHttp#setAdditionalHeaders(java.util.Map)} method.
  */
 @Singleton
 public class TransportProvider {
@@ -46,23 +54,14 @@
 
   public Transport open(Repository local, URIish uri)
       throws NotSupportedException, TransportException {
-    return (bearerToken.isPresent() && TransportHttpWithBearerToken.canHandle(uri))
-        ? provideTransportHttpWithBearerToken(local, uri)
-        : provideNativeTransport(local, uri);
-  }
-
-  private Transport provideTransportHttpWithBearerToken(Repository local, URIish uri)
-      throws NotSupportedException {
-    Transport tn = new TransportHttpWithBearerToken(local, uri, bearerToken.get());
-    tn.applyConfig(remoteConfig);
-    return tn;
-  }
-
-  private Transport provideNativeTransport(Repository local, URIish uri)
-      throws NotSupportedException, TransportException {
     Transport tn = Transport.open(local, uri);
     tn.applyConfig(remoteConfig);
-    tn.setCredentialsProvider(credentialsProvider);
+    if (tn instanceof TransportHttp && bearerToken.isPresent()) {
+      ((TransportHttp) tn)
+          .setAdditionalHeaders(ImmutableMap.of(HDR_AUTHORIZATION, "Bearer " + bearerToken.get()));
+    } else {
+      tn.setCredentialsProvider(credentialsProvider);
+    }
     return tn;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/TransportHttpWithBearerToken.java b/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/TransportHttpWithBearerToken.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 68ff6f8..0000000
--- a/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/TransportHttpWithBearerToken.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (C) 2022 The Android Open Source Project
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-package org.eclipse.jgit.transport;
-
-import static org.eclipse.jgit.util.HttpSupport.HDR_AUTHORIZATION;
-
-import com.google.common.base.Strings;
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.OutputStream;
-import java.net.URL;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Set;
-import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.NotSupportedException;
-import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ProgressMonitor;
-import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository;
-import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.http.HttpConnection;
-
-/**
- * This is a hack in order to allow git over http/https with Bearer Token Authentication.
- *
- * <p>Currently {@link org.eclipse.jgit.transport.TransportHttp} does NOT provide Bearer Token
- * Authentication and unfortunately it is not possible to extend the functionality because some
- * classes, methods and instance variables are private or protected. This package in the pull
- * replication plugin provides the visibility needed and allows to extend the functionality.
- *
- * <p>It is important to mention that in the case of git push operation, this class cannot be used
- * because the push operation needs to initialise a push hook: {@link
- * org.eclipse.jgit.transport.Transport#push(ProgressMonitor, Collection, OutputStream)} and it is
- * defined as a private in the code.
- */
-public class TransportHttpWithBearerToken extends TransportHttp {
-
-  private static final String SCHEME_HTTP = "http";
-  private static final String SCHEME_HTTPS = "https";
-  private static final Set<String> SCHEMES_ALLOWED = ImmutableSet.of(SCHEME_HTTP, SCHEME_HTTPS);
-  private final String bearerToken;
-
-  public TransportHttpWithBearerToken(Repository local, URIish uri, String bearerToken)
-      throws NotSupportedException {
-    super(local, uri);
-    this.bearerToken = bearerToken;
-  }
-
-  protected HttpConnection httpOpen(String method, URL u, AcceptEncoding acceptEncoding)
-      throws IOException {
-    HttpConnection conn = super.httpOpen(method, u, acceptEncoding);
-    conn.setRequestProperty(HDR_AUTHORIZATION, "Bearer " + bearerToken); // $NON-NLS-1$
-    return conn;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * This method copies the behaviour of {@link
-   * org.eclipse.jgit.transport.TransportProtocol#canHandle(URIish, Repository, String)} in the case
-   * of {@link org.eclipse.jgit.transport.TransportHttp} where scheme, host and path are compulsory.
-   */
-  public static boolean canHandle(URIish uri) {
-    return SCHEMES_ALLOWED.contains(uri.getScheme())
-        && !Strings.isNullOrEmpty(uri.getHost())
-        && !Strings.isNullOrEmpty(uri.getPath());
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/TransportProviderTest.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/transport/TransportProviderTest.java
similarity index 86%
rename from src/test/java/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/TransportProviderTest.java
rename to src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/transport/TransportProviderTest.java
index ea70c40..0b28c03 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/TransportProviderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/transport/TransportProviderTest.java
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-package org.eclipse.jgit.transport;
+package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication.pull.transport;
 
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
 import static org.eclipse.jgit.transport.HttpConfig.EXTRA_HEADER;
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@
 import java.util.Optional;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.StoredConfig;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.RemoteConfig;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.TransferConfig;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.Transport;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.TransportHttp;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.URIish;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
@@ -69,7 +74,9 @@
 
     URIish urIish = new URIish("http://some-host/some-path");
     Transport transport = transportProvider.open(repository, urIish);
-    assertThat(transport).isInstanceOf(TransportHttpWithBearerToken.class);
+
+    // TODO(davido): We cannot access headers to check that the bearer token is set.
+    assertThat(transport).isInstanceOf(TransportHttp.class);
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -84,7 +91,8 @@
 
     URIish urIish = new URIish("ssh://some-host/some-path");
     Transport transport = transportProvider.open(repository, urIish);
-    assertThat(transport).isNotInstanceOf(TransportHttpWithBearerToken.class);
+
+    assertThat(transport).isNotInstanceOf(TransportHttp.class);
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -98,6 +106,6 @@
 
     URIish urIish = new URIish("ssh://some-host/some-path");
     Transport transport = transportProvider.open(repository, urIish);
-    assertThat(transport).isNotInstanceOf(TransportHttpWithBearerToken.class);
+    assertThat(transport).isNotInstanceOf(TransportHttp.class);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/TransportHttpWithBearerTokenTest.java b/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/TransportHttpWithBearerTokenTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 5bf1047..0000000
--- a/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/TransportHttpWithBearerTokenTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (C) 2022 The Android Open Source Project
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-package org.eclipse.jgit.transport;
-
-import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
-
-import java.net.URISyntaxException;
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-public class TransportHttpWithBearerTokenTest {
-
-  @Test
-  public void cannotHandleURIWhenSchemaIsNeitherHttpNorHttps() throws URISyntaxException {
-    URIish uriUnderTest = new URIish("some-uri").setScheme(null);
-    boolean result = TransportHttpWithBearerToken.canHandle(uriUnderTest);
-    assertThat(result).isFalse();
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  public void cannotHandleURIWhenHostIsNotPresent() throws URISyntaxException {
-    URIish uriUnderTest = new URIish("some-uri").setScheme("http").setHost(null);
-    boolean result = TransportHttpWithBearerToken.canHandle(uriUnderTest);
-    assertThat(result).isFalse();
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  public void cannotHandleURIWhenPathIsNotPresent() throws URISyntaxException {
-    URIish uriUnderTest =
-        new URIish("some-uri").setScheme("http").setHost("some-host").setPath(null);
-    boolean result = TransportHttpWithBearerToken.canHandle(uriUnderTest);
-    assertThat(result).isFalse();
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  public void canHandleURIWhenIsWellFormed() throws URISyntaxException {
-    URIish uriUnderTest = new URIish("http://some-host/some-path");
-    boolean result = TransportHttpWithBearerToken.canHandle(uriUnderTest);
-    assertThat(result).isTrue();
-  }
-}