diff --git a/bake/bake.go b/bake/bake.go
index fc8b9337..c8ec628b 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"
@@ -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/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/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