diff --git a/pkg/cmd/auth/status/status.go b/pkg/cmd/auth/status/status.go
index 07e11d204..d80b5e61f 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/auth/status/status.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/auth/status/status.go
@@ -242,14 +242,13 @@ func statusRun(opts *StatusOptions) error {
 			activeUser, _ = authCfg.ActiveUser(hostname)
 		}
 		entry := buildEntry(httpClient, buildEntryOptions{
-			active:       true,
-			gitProtocol:  gitProtocol,
-			hostname:     hostname,
-			showToken:    showToken,
-			token:        activeUserToken,
-			tokenSource:  activeUserTokenSource,
-			username:     activeUser,
-			includeScope: opts.includeScope(),
+			active:      true,
+			gitProtocol: gitProtocol,
+			hostname:    hostname,
+			showToken:   showToken,
+			token:       activeUserToken,
+			tokenSource: activeUserTokenSource,
+			username:    activeUser,
 		})
 		statuses[hostname] = append(statuses[hostname], entry)
 
@@ -268,14 +267,13 @@ func statusRun(opts *StatusOptions) error {
 			}
 			token, tokenSource, _ := authCfg.TokenForUser(hostname, username)
 			entry := buildEntry(httpClient, buildEntryOptions{
-				active:       false,
-				gitProtocol:  gitProtocol,
-				hostname:     hostname,
-				showToken:    showToken,
-				token:        token,
-				tokenSource:  tokenSource,
-				username:     username,
-				includeScope: opts.includeScope(),
+				active:      false,
+				gitProtocol: gitProtocol,
+				hostname:    hostname,
+				showToken:   showToken,
+				token:       token,
+				tokenSource: tokenSource,
+				username:    username,
 			})
 			statuses[hostname] = append(statuses[hostname], entry)
 
@@ -350,14 +348,13 @@ func expectScopes(token string) bool {
 }
 
 type buildEntryOptions struct {
-	active       bool
-	gitProtocol  string
-	hostname     string
-	showToken    bool
-	token        string
-	tokenSource  string
-	username     string
-	includeScope bool
+	active      bool
+	gitProtocol string
+	hostname    string
+	showToken   bool
+	token       string
+	tokenSource string
+	username    string
 }
 
 func buildEntry(httpClient *http.Client, opts buildEntryOptions) authEntry {
@@ -393,21 +390,19 @@ func buildEntry(httpClient *http.Client, opts buildEntryOptions) authEntry {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if opts.includeScope {
-		// Get scopes for token.
-		scopesHeader, err := shared.GetScopes(httpClient, opts.hostname, opts.token)
-		if err != nil {
-			var networkError net.Error
-			if errors.As(err, &networkError) && networkError.Timeout() {
-				entry.State = authStateTimeout
-				return entry
-			}
-
-			entry.State = authStateError
+	// Get scopes for token.
+	scopesHeader, err := shared.GetScopes(httpClient, opts.hostname, opts.token)
+	if err != nil {
+		var networkError net.Error
+		if errors.As(err, &networkError) && networkError.Timeout() {
+			entry.State = authStateTimeout
 			return entry
 		}
-		entry.Scopes = scopesHeader
+
+		entry.State = authStateError
+		return entry
 	}
+	entry.Scopes = scopesHeader
 
 	entry.State = authStateSuccess
 	return entry
@@ -420,10 +415,3 @@ func authTokenWriteable(src string) bool {
 func isValidEntry(entry authEntry) bool {
 	return entry.State == authStateSuccess
 }
-
-func (opts *StatusOptions) includeScope() bool {
-	if opts.Exporter == nil {
-		return true
-	}
-	return slices.Contains(opts.Exporter.Fields(), "scopes")
-}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/auth/status/status_test.go b/pkg/cmd/auth/status/status_test.go
index 126e7fa7e..f9c5fb9dd 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/auth/status/status_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/auth/status/status_test.go
@@ -586,6 +586,21 @@ func Test_statusRun(t *testing.T) {
 				login(t, c, "github.com", "monalisa2", "gho_abc123", "https")
 				login(t, c, "ghe.io", "monalisa-ghe", "gho_abc123", "https")
 			},
+			httpStubs: func(reg *httpmock.Registry) {
+				// mock for HeaderHasMinimumScopes api requests to github.com
+				reg.Register(
+					httpmock.REST("GET", ""),
+					httpmock.WithHeader(httpmock.ScopesResponder("repo,read:org"), "X-Oauth-Scopes", "repo, read:org"))
+				reg.Register(
+					httpmock.REST("GET", ""),
+					httpmock.WithHeader(httpmock.ScopesResponder("repo,read:org"), "X-Oauth-Scopes", "repo, read:org"))
+
+				// mock for HeaderHasMinimumScopes api requests to a non-github.com host
+				reg.Register(
+					httpmock.REST("GET", "api/v3/"),
+					httpmock.WithHeader(httpmock.ScopesResponder("repo,read:org"), "X-Oauth-Scopes", "repo, read:org"))
+
+			},
 			wantOut: `{` +
 				`"ghe.io":[` +
 				`{"active":true,"host":"ghe.io","login":"monalisa-ghe","state":"success"}` +
@@ -606,6 +621,15 @@ func Test_statusRun(t *testing.T) {
 				login(t, c, "github.com", "monalisa2", "gho_abc123", "https")
 				login(t, c, "ghe.io", "monalisa-ghe", "gho_abc123", "https")
 			},
+			httpStubs: func(reg *httpmock.Registry) {
+				// mocks for HeaderHasMinimumScopes api requests to github.com
+				reg.Register(
+					httpmock.REST("GET", ""),
+					httpmock.WithHeader(httpmock.ScopesResponder("repo,read:org"), "X-Oauth-Scopes", "repo, read:org"))
+				reg.Register(
+					httpmock.REST("GET", ""),
+					httpmock.WithHeader(httpmock.ScopesResponder("repo,read:org"), "X-Oauth-Scopes", "repo, read:org"))
+			},
 			wantOut: `{` +
 				`"github.com":[` +
 				`{"active":true,"host":"github.com","login":"monalisa2","state":"success"},` +
@@ -623,6 +647,15 @@ func Test_statusRun(t *testing.T) {
 				login(t, c, "github.com", "monalisa2", "gho_abc123", "https")
 				login(t, c, "ghe.io", "monalisa-ghe", "gho_abc123", "https")
 			},
+			httpStubs: func(reg *httpmock.Registry) {
+				// mocks for HeaderHasMinimumScopes api requests to github.com
+				reg.Register(
+					httpmock.REST("GET", ""),
+					httpmock.WithHeader(httpmock.ScopesResponder("repo,read:org"), "X-Oauth-Scopes", "repo, read:org"))
+				reg.Register(
+					httpmock.REST("GET", "api/v3/"),
+					httpmock.WithHeader(httpmock.ScopesResponder("repo,read:org"), "X-Oauth-Scopes", "repo, read:org"))
+			},
 			wantOut: `{` +
 				`"ghe.io":[` +
 				`{"active":true,"host":"ghe.io","login":"monalisa-ghe","state":"success"}` +
@@ -671,6 +704,12 @@ func Test_statusRun(t *testing.T) {
 			cfgStubs: func(t *testing.T, c gh.Config) {
 				login(t, c, "github.com", "monalisa", "abc123", "https")
 			},
+			httpStubs: func(reg *httpmock.Registry) {
+				// mocks for HeaderHasMinimumScopes api requests to github.com
+				reg.Register(
+					httpmock.REST("GET", ""),
+					httpmock.WithHeader(httpmock.ScopesResponder("repo,read:org"), "X-Oauth-Scopes", "repo, read:org"))
+			},
 			wantOut: `{"github.com":[{"active":true,"host":"github.com","login":"monalisa","state":"success","token":"abc123"}]}` + "\n",
 		},
 	}