diff --git a/src/plus/gitlab/gitlab.ts b/src/plus/gitlab/gitlab.ts
index 6331903..8964aa9 100644
--- a/src/plus/gitlab/gitlab.ts
+++ b/src/plus/gitlab/gitlab.ts
@@ -729,15 +729,10 @@ $search: String!
 
 			const agent = this.getProxyAgent(provider);
 			const ignoreSSLErrors = this.getIgnoreSSLErrors(provider);
-			let previousRejectUnauthorized;
+			const fetchMethod: FetchLike = ignoreSSLErrors === 'force' ? insecureFetch : fetch;
 
 			try {
-				if (ignoreSSLErrors === 'force') {
-					previousRejectUnauthorized = process.env.NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED;
-					process.env.NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED = '0';
-				}
-
-				rsp = await fetch(url, {
+				rsp = await fetchMethod(url, {
 					headers: { authorization: `Bearer ${token}`, 'content-type': 'application/json' },
 					agent: agent as any,
 					...options,
@@ -750,10 +745,6 @@ $search: String!
 
 				throw new ProviderFetchError('GitLab', rsp);
 			} finally {
-				if (ignoreSSLErrors === 'force') {
-					process.env.NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED = previousRejectUnauthorized;
-				}
-
 				stopwatch?.stop();
 			}
 		} catch (ex) {