diff --git a/rewrite-maven/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/maven/internal/MavenPomDownloader.java b/rewrite-maven/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/maven/internal/MavenPomDownloader.java
index ae54aa0f833..a191f112165 100644
--- a/rewrite-maven/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/maven/internal/MavenPomDownloader.java
+++ b/rewrite-maven/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/maven/internal/MavenPomDownloader.java
@@ -779,21 +779,20 @@ MavenRepository normalizeRepository(MavenRepository repository) throws Throwable
 
         ReachabilityResult reachability = reachable(repository, applyAuthenticationToRequest(repository, request));
         if (reachability.isSuccess()) {
-            return repository.withUri(httpsUri).withKnownToExist(true);
+            return repository.withUri(httpsUri);
         }
         reachability = reachable(repository, applyAuthenticationToRequest(repository, request.withMethod(HttpSender.Method.HEAD).url(httpsUri)));
         if (reachability.isReachable()) {
-            return repository.withUri(httpsUri).withKnownToExist(reachability.isSuccess());
+            return repository.withUri(httpsUri);
         }
-
         if (!originalUrl.equals(httpsUri)) {
             reachability = reachable(repository, applyAuthenticationToRequest(repository, request.withMethod(HttpSender.Method.OPTIONS).url(originalUrl)));
             if (reachability.isSuccess()) {
-                return MavenRepository.from(repository, originalUrl).withKnownToExist(true);
+                return MavenRepository.from(repository, originalUrl);
             }
             reachability = reachable(repository, applyAuthenticationToRequest(repository, request.withMethod(HttpSender.Method.HEAD).url(originalUrl)));
             if (reachability.isReachable()) {
-                return MavenRepository.from(repository, originalUrl).withKnownToExist(reachability.isSuccess());
+                return MavenRepository.from(repository, originalUrl);
             }
         }
         // Won't be null if server is unreachable
diff --git a/rewrite-maven/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/maven/internal/MavenPomDownloaderTest.java b/rewrite-maven/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/maven/internal/MavenPomDownloaderTest.java
index 42d67151648..bbaa53c8e25 100755
--- a/rewrite-maven/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/maven/internal/MavenPomDownloaderTest.java
+++ b/rewrite-maven/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/maven/internal/MavenPomDownloaderTest.java
@@ -766,23 +766,22 @@ void connectTimeout() {
     }
 
     @CsvSource(textBlock = """
-      https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/, https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/, true
-      https://repo1.maven.org/maven2, https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/, true
-      http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/, https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/, true
+      https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/, https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/
+      https://repo1.maven.org/maven2, https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/
+      http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/, https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/
       
-      https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/, https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/, true
-      https://artifactory.moderne.ninja/artifactory/moderne-public/, https://artifactory.moderne.ninja/artifactory/moderne-public/, true
-      https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/, https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/, true
-      https://jitpack.io/, https://jitpack.io/, true
+      https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/, https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/
+      https://artifactory.moderne.ninja/artifactory/moderne-public/, https://artifactory.moderne.ninja/artifactory/moderne-public/
+      https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/, https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/
+      https://jitpack.io/, https://jitpack.io/
       """)
     @ParameterizedTest
-    void normalizeRepository(String originalUrl, String expectedUrl, boolean knownToExist) throws Throwable {
+    void normalizeRepository(String originalUrl, String expectedUrl) throws Throwable {
         MavenPomDownloader downloader = new MavenPomDownloader(new InMemoryExecutionContext());
         MavenRepository repository = new MavenRepository("id", originalUrl, null, null, null, null, null);
         MavenRepository normalized = downloader.normalizeRepository(repository);
         assertThat(normalized).isNotNull();
         assertThat(normalized.getUri()).isEqualTo(expectedUrl);
-        assertThat(normalized.isKnownToExist()).isEqualTo(knownToExist);
     }
 
     private static GroupArtifactVersion createArtifact(Path repository) throws IOException {