diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index a5a1a28a..2db2af81 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # remotes (development version)
 
+* Credentials are no longer passed to dependencies, as this breaks dependencies
+  which use different credentials or hosts. If you have relied on this behavior
+  a more robust way to provide the credentials is using the appropriate
+  environment variables, e.g. `GITHUB_PAT`, `BITBUCKET_USER` etc.
+  (@antoine-sachet, #345).
 * The hash of bitbucket hosts is now correctly retrieved (@antoine-sachet, #344)
 
 # remotes 2.0.3
diff --git a/R/deps.R b/R/deps.R
index 25643898..7f4d0c48 100644
--- a/R/deps.R
+++ b/R/deps.R
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ local_package_deps <- function(pkgdir = ".", dependencies = NA) {
 
 dev_package_deps <- function(pkgdir = ".", dependencies = NA,
                              repos = getOption("repos"),
-                             type = getOption("pkgType"), ...) {
+                             type = getOption("pkgType")) {
 
   pkg <- load_pkg_description(pkgdir)
   repos <- c(repos, parse_additional_repositories(pkg))
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ dev_package_deps <- function(pkgdir = ".", dependencies = NA,
 
   combine_deps(
     package_deps(deps, repos = repos, type = type),
-    remote_deps(pkg, ...))
+    remote_deps(pkg))
 }
 
 combine_deps <- function(cran_deps, remote_deps) {
@@ -500,13 +500,13 @@ split_remotes <- function(x) {
 }
 
 
-remote_deps <- function(pkg, ...) {
+remote_deps <- function(pkg) {
   if (!has_dev_remotes(pkg)) {
     return(NULL)
   }
 
   dev_packages <- split_remotes(pkg[["remotes"]])
-  remote <- lapply(dev_packages, parse_one_remote, ...)
+  remote <- lapply(dev_packages, parse_one_remote)
 
   package <- vapply(remote, function(x) remote_package_name(x), character(1), USE.NAMES = FALSE)
   installed <- vapply(package, function(x) local_sha(x), character(1), USE.NAMES = FALSE)
diff --git a/R/install.R b/R/install.R
index 60437239..8c26c473 100644
--- a/R/install.R
+++ b/R/install.R
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ install <- function(pkgdir, dependencies, quiet, build, build_opts, upgrade,
   }
 
   install_deps(pkgdir, dependencies = dependencies, quiet = quiet,
-    build = build, build_opts = build_opts, upgrade = upgrade, repos = repos, type = type, ...)
+    build = build, build_opts = build_opts, upgrade = upgrade, repos = repos, type = type)
 
   if (isTRUE(build)) {
     dir <- tempfile()
@@ -163,15 +163,12 @@ install_deps <- function(pkgdir = ".", dependencies = NA,
                          upgrade = c("default", "ask", "always", "never"),
                          quiet = FALSE,
                          build = TRUE,
-                         build_opts = c("--no-resave-data", "--no-manual", "--no-build-vignettes"),
-                         ...) {
-
+                         build_opts = c("--no-resave-data", "--no-manual", "--no-build-vignettes")) {
   packages <- dev_package_deps(
     pkgdir,
     repos = repos,
     dependencies = dependencies,
-    type = type,
-    ...
+    type = type
   )
 
   dep_deps <- if (isTRUE(dependencies)) NA else dependencies
@@ -182,8 +179,7 @@ install_deps <- function(pkgdir = ".", dependencies = NA,
     quiet = quiet,
     upgrade = upgrade,
     build = build,
-    build_opts = build_opts,
-    ...
+    build_opts = build_opts
   )
 }
 
diff --git a/man/install_deps.Rd b/man/install_deps.Rd
index c643d950..efa5cbb0 100644
--- a/man/install_deps.Rd
+++ b/man/install_deps.Rd
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ install_deps(pkgdir = ".", dependencies = NA,
   repos = getOption("repos"), type = getOption("pkgType"),
   upgrade = c("default", "ask", "always", "never"), quiet = FALSE,
   build = TRUE, build_opts = c("--no-resave-data", "--no-manual",
-  "--no-build-vignettes"), ...)
+  "--no-build-vignettes"))
 }
 \arguments{
 \item{pkgdir}{path to a package directory, or to a package tarball.}
diff --git a/man/package_deps.Rd b/man/package_deps.Rd
index ff515222..ba2ea1f8 100644
--- a/man/package_deps.Rd
+++ b/man/package_deps.Rd
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ package_deps(packages, dependencies = NA, repos = getOption("repos"),
 local_package_deps(pkgdir = ".", dependencies = NA)
 
 dev_package_deps(pkgdir = ".", dependencies = NA,
-  repos = getOption("repos"), type = getOption("pkgType"), ...)
+  repos = getOption("repos"), type = getOption("pkgType"))
 
 \method{update}{package_deps}(object, dependencies = NA,
   upgrade = c("default", "ask", "always", "never"), force = FALSE,
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ just check this package, not its dependencies).}
 
 \item{pkgdir}{path to a package directory, or to a package tarball.}
 
-\item{...}{Additional arguments passed to \code{install_packages}.}
-
 \item{object}{A \code{package_deps} object.}
 
 \item{upgrade}{One of "default", "ask", "always", or "never". "default"
@@ -59,6 +57,8 @@ since the previous install.}
 
 \item{build_opts}{Options to pass to \code{R CMD build}, only used when \code{build}
 is \code{TRUE}.}
+
+\item{...}{Additional arguments passed to \code{install_packages}.}
 }
 \value{
 A \code{data.frame} with columns: