diff --git a/src/applications/repository/storage/PhabricatorRepository.php b/src/applications/repository/storage/PhabricatorRepository.php
--- a/src/applications/repository/storage/PhabricatorRepository.php
+++ b/src/applications/repository/storage/PhabricatorRepository.php
@@ -1160,7 +1160,7 @@
    */
   public function getRemoteURIObject() {
     $raw_uri = $this->getDetail('remote-uri');
-    if (!strlen($raw_uri)) {
+    if (!phutil_nonempty_string($raw_uri)) {
       return new PhutilURI('');
     }