diff --git a/src/Composer/Downloader/GitDownloader.php b/src/Composer/Downloader/GitDownloader.php
index f98190d73..94a8d78d9 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Downloader/GitDownloader.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Downloader/GitDownloader.php
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ class GitDownloader extends VcsDownloader implements DvcsDownloaderInterface
             $this->io->writeError('    <warning>'.$reference.' is gone (history was rewritten?)</warning>');
         }
 
-        throw new \RuntimeException('Failed to execute ' . GitUtil::sanitizeUrl($command) . "\n\n" . $this->process->getErrorOutput());
+        throw new \RuntimeException(GitUtil::sanitizeUrl('Failed to execute ' . $command . "\n\n" . $this->process->getErrorOutput()));
     }
 
     protected function updateOriginUrl($path, $url)
diff --git a/src/Composer/Util/Git.php b/src/Composer/Util/Git.php
index 51e1b0a5a..8d0c423bd 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Util/Git.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Util/Git.php
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class Git
             }
 
             // failed to checkout, first check git accessibility
-            $this->throwException('Failed to clone ' . self::sanitizeUrl($url) .' via '.implode(', ', $protocols).' protocols, aborting.' . "\n\n" . implode("\n", $messages), $url);
+            $this->throwException('Failed to clone ' . $url .' via '.implode(', ', $protocols).' protocols, aborting.' . "\n\n" . implode("\n", $messages), $url);
         }
 
         // if we have a private github url and the ssh protocol is disabled then we skip it and directly fallback to https
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ class Git
             if ($initialClone) {
                 $this->filesystem->removeDirectory($origCwd);
             }
-            $this->throwException('Failed to execute ' . self::sanitizeUrl($command) . "\n\n" . $this->process->getErrorOutput(), $url);
+            $this->throwException('Failed to execute ' . $command . "\n\n" . $this->process->getErrorOutput(), $url);
         }
     }
 
@@ -266,9 +266,9 @@ class Git
         clearstatcache();
 
         if (0 !== $this->process->execute('git --version', $ignoredOutput)) {
-            throw new \RuntimeException('Failed to clone '.self::sanitizeUrl($url).', git was not found, check that it is installed and in your PATH env.' . "\n\n" . $this->process->getErrorOutput());
+            throw new \RuntimeException(self::sanitizeUrl('Failed to clone '.$url.', git was not found, check that it is installed and in your PATH env.' . "\n\n" . $this->process->getErrorOutput()));
         }
 
-        throw new \RuntimeException($message);
+        throw new \RuntimeException(self::sanitizeUrl($message));
     }
 }