diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/RepositoryExportResource.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/RepositoryExportResource.java
index ef8a5be38d..9ea9d0e3ed 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/RepositoryExportResource.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/RepositoryExportResource.java
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ import org.apache.commons.compress.compressors.gzip.GzipCompressorOutputStream;
 import sonia.scm.BadRequestException;
 import sonia.scm.ConcurrentModificationException;
 import sonia.scm.NotFoundException;
-import sonia.scm.Type;
 import sonia.scm.importexport.ExportFileExtensionResolver;
 import sonia.scm.importexport.ExportNotificationHandler;
 import sonia.scm.importexport.ExportService;
@@ -50,6 +49,7 @@ import sonia.scm.repository.NamespaceAndName;
 import sonia.scm.repository.Repository;
 import sonia.scm.repository.RepositoryManager;
 import sonia.scm.repository.RepositoryPermissions;
+import sonia.scm.repository.RepositoryType;
 import sonia.scm.repository.api.BundleCommandBuilder;
 import sonia.scm.repository.api.Command;
 import sonia.scm.repository.api.ExportFailedException;
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ public class RepositoryExportResource {
     if (!type.equals(repository.getType())) {
       throw new WrongTypeException(repository);
     }
-    Type repositoryType = type(manager, type);
+    RepositoryType repositoryType = type(manager, type);
     checkSupport(repositoryType, Command.BUNDLE);
     return repository;
   }
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/importexport/FromBundleImporter.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/importexport/FromBundleImporter.java
index b006168790..cb4ad5a91b 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/importexport/FromBundleImporter.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/importexport/FromBundleImporter.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import com.google.common.io.Files;
 import org.apache.shiro.SecurityUtils;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-import sonia.scm.Type;
 import sonia.scm.event.ScmEventBus;
 import sonia.scm.repository.ImportRepositoryHookEvent;
 import sonia.scm.repository.InternalRepositoryException;
@@ -38,6 +37,7 @@ import sonia.scm.repository.RepositoryImportEvent;
 import sonia.scm.repository.RepositoryManager;
 import sonia.scm.repository.RepositoryPermission;
 import sonia.scm.repository.RepositoryPermissions;
+import sonia.scm.repository.RepositoryType;
 import sonia.scm.repository.api.Command;
 import sonia.scm.repository.api.RepositoryService;
 import sonia.scm.repository.api.RepositoryServiceFactory;
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public class FromBundleImporter {
   public Repository importFromBundle(boolean compressed, InputStream inputStream, Repository repository) {
     RepositoryPermissions.create().check();
 
-    Type t = type(manager, repository.getType());
+    RepositoryType t = type(manager, repository.getType());
     checkSupport(t, Command.UNBUNDLE);
 
     repository.setPermissions(singletonList(
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/importexport/FromUrlImporter.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/importexport/FromUrlImporter.java
index 649c6c9b9b..a93ca62c54 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/importexport/FromUrlImporter.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/importexport/FromUrlImporter.java
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import org.apache.shiro.SecurityUtils;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import sonia.scm.AlreadyExistsException;
-import sonia.scm.Type;
 import sonia.scm.event.ScmEventBus;
 import sonia.scm.repository.InternalRepositoryException;
 import sonia.scm.repository.Repository;
@@ -39,6 +38,7 @@ import sonia.scm.repository.RepositoryImportEvent;
 import sonia.scm.repository.RepositoryManager;
 import sonia.scm.repository.RepositoryPermission;
 import sonia.scm.repository.RepositoryPermissions;
+import sonia.scm.repository.RepositoryType;
 import sonia.scm.repository.api.Command;
 import sonia.scm.repository.api.ImportFailedException;
 import sonia.scm.repository.api.PullCommandBuilder;
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public class FromUrlImporter {
   }
 
   public Repository importFromUrl(RepositoryImportParameters parameters, Repository repository) {
-    Type t = type(manager, repository.getType());
+    RepositoryType t = type(manager, repository.getType());
     RepositoryPermissions.create().check();
     checkSupport(t, Command.PULL);
 
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/importexport/RepositoryTypeSupportChecker.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/importexport/RepositoryTypeSupportChecker.java
index 87f55a46b6..a89cb7928f 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/importexport/RepositoryTypeSupportChecker.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/importexport/RepositoryTypeSupportChecker.java
@@ -27,14 +27,11 @@ package sonia.scm.importexport;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import sonia.scm.BadRequestException;
-import sonia.scm.Type;
 import sonia.scm.repository.RepositoryHandler;
 import sonia.scm.repository.RepositoryManager;
 import sonia.scm.repository.RepositoryType;
 import sonia.scm.repository.api.Command;
 
-import javax.ws.rs.WebApplicationException;
-import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import static sonia.scm.ContextEntry.ContextBuilder.noContext;
@@ -44,7 +41,7 @@ public class RepositoryTypeSupportChecker {
   private RepositoryTypeSupportChecker() {
   }
 
-  private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(RepositoryTypeSupportChecker.class);
+  private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(RepositoryTypeSupportChecker.class);
 
   /**
    * Check repository type for support for the given command.
@@ -52,31 +49,28 @@ public class RepositoryTypeSupportChecker {
    * @param type repository type
    * @param cmd  command
    */
-  public static void checkSupport(Type type, Command cmd) {
-    if (!(type instanceof RepositoryType)) {
-      logger.warn("type {} is not a repository type", type.getName());
-      throw new WebApplicationException(Response.Status.BAD_REQUEST);
-    }
-
-    Set<Command> cmds = ((RepositoryType) type).getSupportedCommands();
+  public static void checkSupport(RepositoryType type, Command cmd) {
+    Set<Command> cmds = type.getSupportedCommands();
     if (!cmds.contains(cmd)) {
-      logger.warn("type {} does not support this command {}",
+      LOG.debug("type {} does not support this command {}",
         type.getName(),
-        cmd.name());
+        cmd);
       throw new IllegalTypeForImportException("type does not support command");
     }
   }
 
-  @SuppressWarnings("javasecurity:S5145") // the type parameter is validated in the resource to only contain valid characters (\w)
-  public static Type type(RepositoryManager manager, String type) {
+  @SuppressWarnings("javasecurity:S5145")
+  // the type parameter is validated in the resource to only contain valid characters (\w)
+  public static RepositoryType type(RepositoryManager manager, String type) {
     RepositoryHandler handler = manager.getHandler(type);
     if (handler == null) {
-      logger.warn("no handler for type {} found", type);
+      LOG.debug("no handler for type {} found", type);
       throw new IllegalTypeForImportException("unsupported repository type: " + type);
     }
     return handler.getType();
   }
 
+  @SuppressWarnings("java:S110") // this is fine for exceptions
   private static class IllegalTypeForImportException extends BadRequestException {
     public IllegalTypeForImportException(String message) {
       super(noContext(), message);