diff --git a/src/Composer/Util/RemoteFilesystem.php b/src/Composer/Util/RemoteFilesystem.php
index e03cf8ec8..455bda92e 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Util/RemoteFilesystem.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Util/RemoteFilesystem.php
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ class RemoteFilesystem
     {
         if ($this->config && in_array($this->originUrl, $this->config->get('github-domains'), true)) {
             $message = "\n".'Could not fetch '.$this->fileUrl.', enter your GitHub credentials '.($httpStatus === 404 ? 'to access private repos' : 'to go over the API rate limit');
-            $gitHubUtil = new GitHub($this->io, $this->config, null, $this);
+            $gitHubUtil = new GitHub($this->io, $this->config, null);
             if (!$gitHubUtil->authorizeOAuth($this->originUrl)
                 && (!$this->io->isInteractive() || !$gitHubUtil->authorizeOAuthInteractively($this->originUrl, $message))
             ) {