diff --git a/checks/security_policy.go b/checks/security_policy.go
index e0a05d59..a7e92f62 100644
--- a/checks/security_policy.go
+++ b/checks/security_policy.go
@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@
 package checks
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"strings"
 
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 
 	"github.com/ossf/scorecard/v3/checker"
 	"github.com/ossf/scorecard/v3/clients/githubrepo"
+	sce "github.com/ossf/scorecard/v3/errors"
 )
 
 // CheckSecurityPolicy is the registred name for SecurityPolicy.
@@ -72,9 +74,6 @@ func SecurityPolicy(c *checker.CheckRequest) checker.CheckResult {
 		return checker.CreateMaxScoreResult(CheckSecurityPolicy, "security policy file detected")
 	}
 
-	// I'm not sure what exactly the following code is supposed to do. It seems to always fail with
-	// Warn: repo unreachable: GET https://api.github.com/repos/systemd/.github: 404 Not Found []
-
 	// https://docs.github.com/en/github/building-a-strong-community/creating-a-default-community-health-file.
 	logger, err := githubrepo.NewLogger(zap.InfoLevel)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -115,7 +114,8 @@ func SecurityPolicy(c *checker.CheckRequest) checker.CheckResult {
 		if r {
 			return checker.CreateMaxScoreResult(CheckSecurityPolicy, "security policy file detected")
 		}
-	// err != nil
+	case errors.Is(err, sce.ErrRepoUnreachable):
+		break
 	default:
 		return checker.CreateRuntimeErrorResult(CheckSecurityPolicy, err)
 	}