diff --git a/clearml_agent/helper/package/external_req.py b/clearml_agent/helper/package/external_req.py
index cfee106..b9f379a 100644
--- a/clearml_agent/helper/package/external_req.py
+++ b/clearml_agent/helper/package/external_req.py
@@ -92,21 +92,14 @@ class ExternalRequirements(SimpleSubstitution):
                 vcs_url = req_line[4:]
                 # reverse replace
                 vcs_url = vcs_url[::-1].replace(fragment[::-1], '', 1)[::-1]
-                # remove ssh:// or git:// prefix for git detection and credentials
-                scheme = ''
-                full_vcs_url = vcs_url
-                if vcs_url and (vcs_url.startswith('ssh://') or vcs_url.startswith('git://')):
-                    scheme = 'ssh://'  # notice git:// is actually ssh://
-                    vcs_url = vcs_url[6:]
+                # notice git:// is actually ssh://
+                if vcs_url and vcs_url.startswith('git://'):
+                    vcs_url = vcs_url.replace('git://', 'ssh://', 1)
 
                 from ..repo import Git
-                vcs = Git(session=session, url=full_vcs_url, location=None, revision=None)
+                vcs = Git(session=session, url=vcs_url, location=None, revision=None)
                 vcs._set_ssh_url()
-                new_req_line = 'git+{}{}{}'.format(
-                    '' if scheme and '://' in vcs.url else scheme,
-                    vcs_url if session.config.get('agent.force_git_ssh_protocol', None) else vcs.url_with_auth,
-                    fragment
-                )
+                new_req_line = 'git+{}{}'.format(vcs.url_with_auth, fragment)
                 if new_req_line != req_line:
                     furl_line = furl(new_req_line)
                     print('Replacing original pip vcs \'{}\' with \'{}\''.format(
diff --git a/clearml_agent/helper/repo.py b/clearml_agent/helper/repo.py
index 8a55af6..67d7cda 100644
--- a/clearml_agent/helper/repo.py
+++ b/clearml_agent/helper/repo.py
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ class VCS(object):
                         self.url, new_url))
                     self.url = new_url
                 return
+
             # rewrite ssh URLs only if either ssh port or ssh user are forced in config
             if parsed_url.scheme == "ssh" and (
                 self.session.config.get('agent.force_git_ssh_port', None) or
@@ -334,6 +335,9 @@ class VCS(object):
                     print("Using SSH credentials - ssh url '{}' with ssh url '{}'".format(
                         self.url, new_url))
                     self.url = new_url
+                return
+            elif parsed_url.scheme == "ssh":
+                return
 
         if not self.session.config.agent.translate_ssh:
             return
@@ -343,7 +347,7 @@ class VCS(object):
                 (ENV_AGENT_GIT_PASS.get() or self.session.config.get('agent.git_pass', None)):
             # only apply to a specific domain (if requested)
             config_domain = \
-                ENV_AGENT_GIT_HOST.get() or self.session.config.get("git_host", None)
+                ENV_AGENT_GIT_HOST.get() or self.session.config.get("agent.git_host", None)
             if config_domain and config_domain != furl(self.url).host:
                 return