diff --git a/bake/bake.go b/bake/bake.go
index fc8b9337..c5ec48af 100644
--- a/bake/bake.go
+++ b/bake/bake.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/buildx/util/buildflags"
 	"github.com/docker/buildx/util/platformutil"
 	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/config"
-	"github.com/docker/docker/builder/remotecontext/urlutil"
 	hcl "github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2"
 	"github.com/moby/buildkit/client/llb"
 	"github.com/moby/buildkit/session/auth/authprovider"
@@ -790,7 +789,7 @@ func updateContext(t *build.Inputs, inp *Input) {
 		if strings.HasPrefix(v.Path, "cwd://") || strings.HasPrefix(v.Path, "target:") || strings.HasPrefix(v.Path, "docker-image:") {
 			continue
 		}
-		if IsRemoteURL(v.Path) {
+		if build.IsRemoteURL(v.Path) {
 			continue
 		}
 		st := llb.Scratch().File(llb.Copy(*inp.State, v.Path, "/"), llb.WithCustomNamef("set context %s to %s", k, v.Path))
@@ -804,7 +803,7 @@ func updateContext(t *build.Inputs, inp *Input) {
 	if strings.HasPrefix(t.ContextPath, "cwd://") {
 		return
 	}
-	if IsRemoteURL(t.ContextPath) {
+	if build.IsRemoteURL(t.ContextPath) {
 		return
 	}
 	st := llb.Scratch().File(llb.Copy(*inp.State, t.ContextPath, "/"), llb.WithCustomNamef("set context to %s", t.ContextPath))
@@ -840,7 +839,7 @@ func validateContextsEntitlements(t build.Inputs, inp *Input) error {
 }
 
 func checkPath(p string) error {
-	if IsRemoteURL(p) || strings.HasPrefix(p, "target:") || strings.HasPrefix(p, "docker-image:") {
+	if build.IsRemoteURL(p) || strings.HasPrefix(p, "target:") || strings.HasPrefix(p, "docker-image:") {
 		return nil
 	}
 	p, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(p)
@@ -876,7 +875,7 @@ func toBuildOpt(t *Target, inp *Input) (*build.Options, error) {
 	if t.Context != nil {
 		contextPath = *t.Context
 	}
-	if !strings.HasPrefix(contextPath, "cwd://") && !IsRemoteURL(contextPath) {
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(contextPath, "cwd://") && !build.IsRemoteURL(contextPath) {
 		contextPath = path.Clean(contextPath)
 	}
 	dockerfilePath := "Dockerfile"
@@ -884,7 +883,7 @@ func toBuildOpt(t *Target, inp *Input) (*build.Options, error) {
 		dockerfilePath = *t.Dockerfile
 	}
 
-	if !isRemoteResource(contextPath) && !path.IsAbs(dockerfilePath) {
+	if !build.IsRemoteURL(contextPath) && !path.IsAbs(dockerfilePath) {
 		dockerfilePath = path.Join(contextPath, dockerfilePath)
 	}
 
@@ -1040,10 +1039,6 @@ func removeDupes(s []string) []string {
 	return s[:i]
 }
 
-func isRemoteResource(str string) bool {
-	return urlutil.IsGitURL(str) || urlutil.IsURL(str)
-}
-
 func parseOutputType(str string) string {
 	csvReader := csv.NewReader(strings.NewReader(str))
 	fields, err := csvReader.Read()
diff --git a/bake/remote.go b/bake/remote.go
index 939957d0..4574eb7d 100644
--- a/bake/remote.go
+++ b/bake/remote.go
@@ -83,16 +83,6 @@ func ReadRemoteFiles(ctx context.Context, nodes []builder.Node, url string, name
 	return files, inp, nil
 }
 
-func IsRemoteURL(url string) bool {
-	if _, _, ok := detectHTTPContext(url); ok {
-		return true
-	}
-	if _, ok := detectGitContext(url); ok {
-		return true
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
 func detectHTTPContext(url string) (*llb.State, string, bool) {
 	if httpPrefix.MatchString(url) {
 		httpContext := llb.HTTP(url, llb.Filename("context"), llb.WithCustomName("[internal] load remote build context"))
diff --git a/build/build.go b/build/build.go
index e86c350b..86095371 100644
--- a/build/build.go
+++ b/build/build.go
@@ -1278,7 +1278,6 @@ func LoadInputs(ctx context.Context, d driver.Driver, inp Inputs, pw progress.Wr
 				target.LocalDirs["context"] = inp.ContextPath
 			}
 		}
-
 	case isLocalDir(inp.ContextPath):
 		target.LocalDirs["context"] = inp.ContextPath
 		switch inp.DockerfilePath {
@@ -1290,8 +1289,7 @@ func LoadInputs(ctx context.Context, d driver.Driver, inp Inputs, pw progress.Wr
 			dockerfileDir = filepath.Dir(inp.DockerfilePath)
 			dockerfileName = filepath.Base(inp.DockerfilePath)
 		}
-
-	case urlutil.IsGitURL(inp.ContextPath), urlutil.IsURL(inp.ContextPath):
+	case IsRemoteURL(inp.ContextPath):
 		if inp.DockerfilePath == "-" {
 			dockerfileReader = inp.InStream
 		}
@@ -1346,7 +1344,7 @@ func LoadInputs(ctx context.Context, d driver.Driver, inp Inputs, pw progress.Wr
 			continue
 		}
 
-		if urlutil.IsGitURL(v.Path) || urlutil.IsURL(v.Path) || strings.HasPrefix(v.Path, "docker-image://") || strings.HasPrefix(v.Path, "target:") {
+		if IsRemoteURL(v.Path) || strings.HasPrefix(v.Path, "docker-image://") || strings.HasPrefix(v.Path, "target:") {
 			target.FrontendAttrs["context:"+k] = v.Path
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/build/utils.go b/build/utils.go
index 58a9a2cd..03a85ca4 100644
--- a/build/utils.go
+++ b/build/utils.go
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/docker/cli/opts"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/builder/remotecontext/urlutil"
+	"github.com/moby/buildkit/util/gitutil"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
@@ -20,6 +22,16 @@ const (
 	mobyHostGatewayName = "host-gateway"
 )
 
+func IsRemoteURL(c string) bool {
+	if urlutil.IsURL(c) {
+		return true
+	}
+	if _, err := gitutil.ParseGitRef(c); err == nil {
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 func isLocalDir(c string) bool {
 	st, err := os.Stat(c)
 	return err == nil && st.IsDir()
diff --git a/commands/bake.go b/commands/bake.go
index 9c49327e..f66e20c9 100644
--- a/commands/bake.go
+++ b/commands/bake.go
@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@ func runBake(dockerCli command.Cli, targets []string, in bakeOptions, cFlags com
 	cmdContext := "cwd://"
 
 	if len(targets) > 0 {
-		if bake.IsRemoteURL(targets[0]) {
+		if build.IsRemoteURL(targets[0]) {
 			url = targets[0]
 			targets = targets[1:]
 			if len(targets) > 0 {
-				if bake.IsRemoteURL(targets[0]) {
+				if build.IsRemoteURL(targets[0]) {
 					cmdContext = targets[0]
 					targets = targets[1:]
 				}
diff --git a/commands/build.go b/commands/build.go
index 51532f57..06eeb526 100644
--- a/commands/build.go
+++ b/commands/build.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/containerd/console"
+	"github.com/docker/buildx/build"
 	"github.com/docker/buildx/controller"
 	cbuild "github.com/docker/buildx/controller/build"
 	"github.com/docker/buildx/controller/control"
@@ -29,7 +30,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/cli/cli"
 	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/command"
 	dockeropts "github.com/docker/cli/opts"
-	"github.com/docker/docker/builder/remotecontext/urlutil"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/ioutils"
 	"github.com/moby/buildkit/client"
 	"github.com/moby/buildkit/exporter/containerimage/exptypes"
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ func dockerUlimitToControllerUlimit(u *dockeropts.UlimitOpt) *controllerapi.Ulim
 // and replaces them to absolute paths.
 func resolvePaths(options *controllerapi.BuildOptions) (_ *controllerapi.BuildOptions, err error) {
 	if options.ContextPath != "" && options.ContextPath != "-" {
-		if !urlutil.IsGitURL(options.ContextPath) && !urlutil.IsURL(options.ContextPath) {
+		if !build.IsRemoteURL(options.ContextPath) {
 			options.ContextPath, err = filepath.Abs(options.ContextPath)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ func resolvePaths(options *controllerapi.BuildOptions) (_ *controllerapi.BuildOp
 	}
 	var contexts map[string]string
 	for k, v := range options.NamedContexts {
-		if urlutil.IsGitURL(v) || urlutil.IsURL(v) || strings.HasPrefix(v, "docker-image://") {
+		if build.IsRemoteURL(v) || strings.HasPrefix(v, "docker-image://") {
 			// url prefix, this is a remote path
 		} else if strings.HasPrefix(v, "oci-layout://") {
 			// oci layout prefix, this is a local path