diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index efe11c7..cdf734b 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ class GithubScm extends Scm {
             return repo.data.permissions;
         } catch (err) {
             // Suspended user
-            if (err.code === 404 && err.message.match(/suspend/i)) {
+            if (err.message.match(/suspend/i)) {
                 winston.info(
                     `User's account suspended for ${scmInfo.owner}/${scmInfo.repo}, ` +
                     'it will be removed from pipeline admins.');
diff --git a/test/index.test.js b/test/index.test.js
index 07ad84a..0ca380d 100644
--- a/test/index.test.js
+++ b/test/index.test.js
@@ -399,10 +399,9 @@ describe('index', function () {
                 });
         });
 
-        it('catches and discards Github errors when it has a 404 error code', () => {
+        it('catches and discards Github errors when it has a suspended user error message', () => {
             const err = new Error('Sorry. Your account was suspended.');
 
-            err.code = 404;
             githubMock.repos.get.yieldsAsync(err);
 
             return scm.getPermissions(config)
@@ -430,7 +429,7 @@ describe('index', function () {
                     );
                 })
                 .catch(() => {
-                    assert(false, 'Error should be handled if error code is 404');
+                    assert(false, 'Error should be handled if error message has "suspend" string');
                 });
         });
     });