diff --git a/plinth/modules/gitweb/data/etc/apache2/conf-available/gitweb-freedombox.conf b/plinth/modules/gitweb/data/etc/apache2/conf-available/gitweb-freedombox.conf
index e67340bcb..726fd5820 100644
--- a/plinth/modules/gitweb/data/etc/apache2/conf-available/gitweb-freedombox.conf
+++ b/plinth/modules/gitweb/data/etc/apache2/conf-available/gitweb-freedombox.conf
@@ -57,9 +57,7 @@ Alias /gitweb /usr/share/gitweb
     SetEnvIfExpr "%{QUERY_STRING} =~ /service=git-receive-pack/" AUTHREQUIRED
     SetEnvIfExpr "%{REQUEST_URI} =~ /git-receive-pack$/" AUTHREQUIRED
     # Authentication is required for any operation if repository is private.
-    <If "%{REQUEST_URI} =~ m#^/gitweb/([^/]+)# && -f '/var/lib/git/$1/private'">
-        SetEnvIfExpr true AUTHREQUIRED
-    </If>
+    SetEnvIfExpr "%{REQUEST_URI} =~ m#^/gitweb/([^/]+)# && ( -f '/var/lib/git/$1/private' || -f '/var/lib/git/$1.git/private' )" AUTHREQUIRED
 
     # Either authentication is not required for this operation and repository
     # combination, or...