diff --git a/make/projects-dir-minimal.mk b/make/projects-dir-minimal.mk
index e7bbba9a..40e8f3ae 100644
--- a/make/projects-dir-minimal.mk
+++ b/make/projects-dir-minimal.mk
@@ -20,21 +20,33 @@ PROJECTS_MAKEFILE_NAME      := $(word $(words $(MAKEFILE_LIST)),$(MAKEFILE_LIST)
 
 JWBDIR                      ?= jw-build
 
+ifeq ($(origin PROJECTS_DIR_REMOTE_BASE),undefined)
+  PROJECTS_DIR_REMOTE_BASE ?= https://janware.com/code
+endif
+
+ifneq ($(findstring ssh://git.janware.com/srv/git,$(PROJECTS_DIR_REMOTE_BASE)),)
+  $(info Using janware private SSH: $(PROJECTS_DIR_REMOTE_BASE))
+  PROJECTS_DIR_REMOTE_USER_SUBPATH ?= /proj
+else ifneq ($(findstring ssh://git.janware.com,$(PROJECTS_DIR_REMOTE_BASE)),)
+  $(info Using janware SSH: $(PROJECTS_DIR_REMOTE_BASE))
+else ifneq ($(findstring https://,$(PROJECTS_DIR_REMOTE_BASE)),)
+  $(info Using HTTPS: $(PROJECTS_DIR_REMOTE_BASE))
+else
+  $(error Unsupported PROJECTS_DIR_REMOTE_BASE="$(PROJECTS_DIR_REMOTE_BASE)")
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(JANWARE_USER),)
   ifneq ($(wildcard $(JWBDIR)),)
     JANWARE_USER            := $(shell /usr/bin/python3 $(JWBDIR)/scripts/jw-projects.py -p . get-auth-info --username --only-values)
   endif
 endif
-ifeq ($(origin PROJECTS_DIR_REMOTE_BASE),undefined)
-  ifneq ($(JANWARE_USER),)
-    CLONE_FROM_USER          ?= $(JANWARE_USER)
-    PROJECTS_DIR_REMOTE_BASE ?= ssh://$(JANWARE_USER)@git.janware.com/srv/git
-    PROJECTS_DIR_REMOTE_USER_SUBPATH ?= /proj
-  else
-    CLONE_FROM_USER          ?= janware
-    PROJECTS_DIR_REMOTE_BASE ?= https://janware.com/code
-  endif
+
+ifneq ($(JANWARE_USER),)
+  CLONE_FROM_USER           ?= $(JANWARE_USER)
+else
+  CLONE_FROM_USER           ?= janware
 endif
+
 JWBDIR_GIT_REMOTE           ?= $(PROJECTS_DIR_REMOTE_BASE)/$(CLONE_FROM_USER)$(PROJECTS_DIR_REMOTE_USER_SUBPATH)/$(notdir $(JWBDIR))
 PROJECTS_DIR_INCLUDE_MK      = $(JWBDIR)/make/projects-dir-include.mk
 
diff --git a/make/projects-dir.mk b/make/projects-dir.mk
index 40eb80f9..c0cedcb9 100644
--- a/make/projects-dir.mk
+++ b/make/projects-dir.mk
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 .NOTPARALLEL:
 
--include local.mk
 PROJECTS_MAKEFILE_NAME      ?= $(word $(words $(MAKEFILE_LIST)),$(MAKEFILE_LIST))
 
 # -- Find JWBDIR