diff --git a/module/repo/ui/maintain.html.php b/module/repo/ui/maintain.html.php
index 6238a5e549..1507b5277a 100644
--- a/module/repo/ui/maintain.html.php
+++ b/module/repo/ui/maintain.html.php
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ $queryMenuLink = createLink('repo', 'maintain', "objectID=$objectID&orderBy=&rec
 
 toolBar
 (
-    hasPriv('repo', 'createRepo') ? item(set($createRepoItem + array
+    hasPriv('repo', 'createRepo') && $gitlabPairs ? item(set($createRepoItem + array
     (
         'icon'  => 'plus',
         'class' => 'btn primary'