diff --git a/pr_agent/git_providers/azuredevops_provider.py b/pr_agent/git_providers/azuredevops_provider.py
index 197b47c5..2e1c57b6 100644
--- a/pr_agent/git_providers/azuredevops_provider.py
+++ b/pr_agent/git_providers/azuredevops_provider.py
@@ -623,6 +623,3 @@ class AzureDevopsProvider(GitProvider):
 
     def get_line_link(self, relevant_file: str, relevant_line_start: int, relevant_line_end: int = None) -> str:
         return self.pr_url+f"?_a=files&path={relevant_file}"
-
-    def _prepare_clone_url_with_token(self, repo_url_to_clone: str) -> str | None:
-        raise Exception("Not implemented!")
diff --git a/pr_agent/git_providers/codecommit_provider.py b/pr_agent/git_providers/codecommit_provider.py
index 3dbe15bc..c4f1ed7b 100644
--- a/pr_agent/git_providers/codecommit_provider.py
+++ b/pr_agent/git_providers/codecommit_provider.py
@@ -495,6 +495,3 @@ class CodeCommitProvider(GitProvider):
             lang: round(count / total_files * 100) for lang, count in lang_count.items()
         }
         return lang_percentage
-
-    def _prepare_clone_url_with_token(self, repo_url_to_clone: str) -> str | None:
-        raise Exception("Not implemented!")
diff --git a/pr_agent/git_providers/gerrit_provider.py b/pr_agent/git_providers/gerrit_provider.py
index cce4fad4..ba587656 100644
--- a/pr_agent/git_providers/gerrit_provider.py
+++ b/pr_agent/git_providers/gerrit_provider.py
@@ -397,6 +397,3 @@ class GerritProvider(GitProvider):
 
     def get_pr_branch(self):
         return self.repo.head
-
-    def _prepare_clone_url_with_token(self, repo_url_to_clone: str) -> str | None:
-        raise Exception("Not implemented!")
diff --git a/pr_agent/git_providers/git_provider.py b/pr_agent/git_providers/git_provider.py
index 4aecbf0d..e5afe42b 100644
--- a/pr_agent/git_providers/git_provider.py
+++ b/pr_agent/git_providers/git_provider.py
@@ -46,9 +46,10 @@ class GitProvider(ABC):
                 shutil.rmtree(self.path, ignore_errors=True)
 
     @abstractmethod
-    #Method to allow implementors to manipulate the repo url to clone (such as embedding tokens in the url string).
+    #Method to allow implementors to manipulate the repo url to clone (such as embedding tokens in the url string). Needs to be implemented by the provider.
     def _prepare_clone_url_with_token(self, repo_url_to_clone: str) -> str | None:
-        pass
+        get_logger().warning("Not implemented! Returning None")
+        return None
 
     # Does a shallow clone, using a forked process to support a timeout guard.
     # In case operation has failed, it is expected to throw an exception as this method does not return a value.
diff --git a/pr_agent/git_providers/local_git_provider.py b/pr_agent/git_providers/local_git_provider.py
index beaab24d..42028976 100644
--- a/pr_agent/git_providers/local_git_provider.py
+++ b/pr_agent/git_providers/local_git_provider.py
@@ -190,6 +190,3 @@ class LocalGitProvider(GitProvider):
 
     def get_pr_labels(self, update=False):
         raise NotImplementedError('Getting labels is not implemented for the local git provider')
-
-    def _prepare_clone_url_with_token(self, repo_url_to_clone: str) -> str | None:
-        raise Exception("Not implemented!")