diff --git a/pkg/cmd/repo/rename/rename.go b/pkg/cmd/repo/rename/rename.go
index 225a4a39f..6d073941b 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/repo/rename/rename.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/repo/rename/rename.go
@@ -77,12 +77,11 @@ func renameRun(opts *RenameOptions) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("argument error: %w", err)
 	}
-
-	fields := []string{"name", "owner", "id"}
-	repoDetails, err := api.FetchRepository(apiClient, repo, fields)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
+	// fields := []string{"name", "owner", "id"}
+	// repoDetails, err := api.FetchRepository(apiClient, repo, fields)
+	// if err != nil {
+	// 	return err
+	// }
 
 	input := renameRepo{
 		Owner:      repo.RepoOwner(),
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ func renameRun(opts *RenameOptions) error {
 		Name:       newRepoName,
 	}
 
-	err = runRename(apiClient, repo.RepoHost(), repoDetails, input)
+	err = runRename(apiClient, repo.RepoHost(), input)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("API called failed: %s, please check your parameters", err.Error())
 	}
@@ -102,8 +101,8 @@ func renameRun(opts *RenameOptions) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func runRename(apiClient *api.Client, hostname string, repoDetails *api.Repository, input renameRepo) error {
-	path := fmt.Sprintf("repos/%s/%s", repoDetails.Owner.Login, repoDetails.Name)
+func runRename(apiClient *api.Client, hostname string, input renameRepo) error {
+	path := fmt.Sprintf("repos/%s/%s", input.Owner, input.Repository)
 
 	body := &bytes.Buffer{}
 	enc := json.NewEncoder(body)
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/repo/rename/rename_test.go b/pkg/cmd/repo/rename/rename_test.go
index 42c9a1479..750ac1e3d 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/repo/rename/rename_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/repo/rename/rename_test.go
@@ -85,20 +85,6 @@ func TestRenameRun(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			wantOut: "✓ Renamed repository OWNER/NEW_REPO\n",
 			httpStubs: func(reg *httpmock.Registry) {
-				reg.Register(
-					httpmock.GraphQL(`query RepositoryInfo\b`),
-					httpmock.StringResponse(`
-					{
-						"data": {
-						  "repository": {
-							"id": "THE-ID",
-							"name": "REPO",
-							"owner": {
-							  "login": "OWNER"
-							}
-						  }
-						}
-					}`))
 				reg.Register(
 					httpmock.REST("PATCH", "repos/OWNER/REPO"),
 					httpmock.StatusStringResponse(204, "{}"))
@@ -108,26 +94,12 @@ func TestRenameRun(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "owner repo change name notty",
 			opts: RenameOptions{
-				oldRepoName: "OWNER/REPO",
+				oldRepoName: "NON_OWNER/REPO",
 				newRepoName: "NEW_REPO",
 			},
 			httpStubs: func(reg *httpmock.Registry) {
 				reg.Register(
-					httpmock.GraphQL(`query RepositoryInfo\b`),
-					httpmock.StringResponse(`
-					{
-						"data": {
-						  "repository": {
-							"id": "THE-ID",
-							"name": "REPO",
-							"owner": {
-							  "login": "OWNER"
-							}
-						  }
-						}
-					}`))
-				reg.Register(
-					httpmock.REST("PATCH", "repos/OWNER/REPO"),
+					httpmock.REST("PATCH", "repos/NON_OWNER/REPO"),
 					httpmock.StatusStringResponse(200, "{}"))
 			},
 			stdoutTTY: false,