diff --git a/src/projects/project-clone.ts b/src/projects/project-clone.ts
index 74458fa3a73a..bc4b056471a5 100644
--- a/src/projects/project-clone.ts
+++ b/src/projects/project-clone.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import { withOpenClawStateLease } from "../state/openclaw-state-lease.js";
 import { cloneProjectCheckout, ProjectCloneError } from "./project-clone-runtime.js";
 import { parseProjectGitUrl } from "./project-git-url.js";
 import {
-  findProjectRegistryByOrigin,
   listProjectRegistry,
   registerClonedProjectRegistry,
   type ProjectRegistryRecord,
@@ -64,9 +63,7 @@ export async function materializeProjectClone(
       operationLabel: "projects.clone.lease",
     },
     async (lease) => {
-      const raced =
-        existingCanonicalProject(input.cfg, parsed.url, options) ??
-        findProjectRegistryByOrigin(parsed.url, options);
+      const raced = existingCanonicalProject(input.cfg, parsed.url, options);
       if (raced) {
         return raced;
       }
diff --git a/src/projects/project-registry.ts b/src/projects/project-registry.ts
index a0a78a477344..00b9e514ccc3 100644
--- a/src/projects/project-registry.ts
+++ b/src/projects/project-registry.ts
@@ -224,18 +224,6 @@ export async function registerClonedProjectRegistry(
   );
 }
 
-export function findProjectRegistryByOrigin(
-  originUrl: string,
-  options: OpenClawStateDatabaseOptions = {},
-): ProjectRegistryRecord | undefined {
-  const { sqlite, kysely } = openProjectsDatabase(options);
-  const row = executeSqliteQueryTakeFirstSync(
-    sqlite,
-    kysely.selectFrom("projects").selectAll().where("origin_url", "=", originUrl),
-  );
-  return row ? rowToProject(row) : undefined;
-}
-
 export function listProjectRegistry(
   cfg: OpenClawConfig,
   options: OpenClawStateDatabaseOptions = {},