diff --git a/main/githooks.py b/main/githooks.py
index 4e84717..46b2b89 100755
--- a/main/githooks.py
+++ b/main/githooks.py
@@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ def check_content(files):
     return retval
 
 
-def check_commit_msg(message, files, repo):
+def check_commit_msg(message, files):
     '''Check commit message (and file size).
 
     Abort if file size exceeds hard (github.com) limit.
@@ -850,10 +850,6 @@ def check_commit_msg(message, files, repo):
         # Not checking for JIRA or large file in commit message generated by github
         return 0
 
-    if re.match(r'^ccdc-opensource', repo):
-        # Do not check for JIRA in opensource repo as we don't want to require external contributors to do this
-        return 0
-
     if NO_JIRA_MARKER not in message:
         if jira_id_pattern.search(message) is None:
             _fail('Every commit should contain a Jira issue ID or the text '
@@ -899,7 +895,7 @@ def _test(input, is_jira=True):
 class TestCheckCommitMessage(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_various_strings(self):
         def _test(input, is_good=True):
-            rc = check_commit_msg(input, [], "dummy/repo")
+            rc = check_commit_msg(input, [])
             self.assertEqual(rc == 0, is_good)
         _test('ABC-1234')
         _test('Some changes for ABC-1234 ticket')
@@ -944,6 +940,6 @@ def commit_msg_hook():
     commit_message = Path(sys.argv[1]).read_text()
 
     print(' Check commit message ...')
-    retval += check_commit_msg(commit_message, files['M'] + files['A'], get_repo())
+    retval += check_commit_msg(commit_message, files['M'] + files['A'])
 
     return retval
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