diff --git a/prowler/providers/image/lib/registry/dockerhub_adapter.py b/prowler/providers/image/lib/registry/dockerhub_adapter.py
index 154adc6331..be7af56599 100644
--- a/prowler/providers/image/lib/registry/dockerhub_adapter.py
+++ b/prowler/providers/image/lib/registry/dockerhub_adapter.py
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import re
-
-import requests
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from prowler.lib.logger import logger
 from prowler.providers.image.exceptions.exceptions import (
@@ -14,6 +13,9 @@ from prowler.providers.image.exceptions.exceptions import (
 )
 from prowler.providers.image.lib.registry.base import RegistryAdapter
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    import requests
+
 _HUB_API = "https://hub.docker.com"
 _REGISTRY_HOST = "https://registry-1.docker.io"
 _AUTH_URL = "https://auth.docker.io/token"
diff --git a/prowler/providers/image/lib/registry/factory.py b/prowler/providers/image/lib/registry/factory.py
index 3ca380d4ad..5c0134fedd 100644
--- a/prowler/providers/image/lib/registry/factory.py
+++ b/prowler/providers/image/lib/registry/factory.py
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ from prowler.providers.image.lib.registry.oci_adapter import OciRegistryAdapter
 _DOCKER_HUB_PATTERN = re.compile(
     r"^(https?://)?(docker\.io|registry-1\.docker\.io)(/|$)", re.IGNORECASE
 )
-_ECR_PATTERN = re.compile(
-    r"^(https?://)?\d+\.dkr\.ecr\.[a-z0-9-]+\.amazonaws\.com(/|$)", re.IGNORECASE
-)
 
 
 def create_registry_adapter(
@@ -41,12 +38,3 @@ def create_registry_adapter(
         token=token,
         verify_ssl=verify_ssl,
     )
-
-
-def detect_registry_type(registry_url: str) -> str:
-    """Return a string identifying the detected registry type."""
-    if _DOCKER_HUB_PATTERN.search(registry_url):
-        return "dockerhub"
-    if _ECR_PATTERN.search(registry_url):
-        return "ecr"
-    return "oci"
diff --git a/prowler/providers/image/lib/registry/oci_adapter.py b/prowler/providers/image/lib/registry/oci_adapter.py
index eb9e8dd546..9b5f97aee8 100644
--- a/prowler/providers/image/lib/registry/oci_adapter.py
+++ b/prowler/providers/image/lib/registry/oci_adapter.py
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import base64
 import re
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
-import requests
-
+from prowler.lib.logger import logger
 from prowler.providers.image.exceptions.exceptions import (
     ImageRegistryAuthError,
     ImageRegistryCatalogError,
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ from prowler.providers.image.exceptions.exceptions import (
 )
 from prowler.providers.image.lib.registry.base import RegistryAdapter
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    import requests
+
 
 class OciRegistryAdapter(RegistryAdapter):
     """Adapter for registries implementing OCI Distribution Spec."""
@@ -155,7 +158,7 @@ class OciRegistryAdapter(RegistryAdapter):
             if decoded.startswith(f"{self.username}:"):
                 return self.username, decoded[len(self.username) + 1 :]
         except Exception:
-            pass
+            logger.debug("Password is not a base64-encoded auth token, using as-is")
         return self.username, self.password
 
     def _authed_request(self, method: str, url: str, **kwargs) -> requests.Response:
diff --git a/tests/providers/image/lib/registry/test_factory.py b/tests/providers/image/lib/registry/test_factory.py
index 2370f7f85a..74aab82d02 100644
--- a/tests/providers/image/lib/registry/test_factory.py
+++ b/tests/providers/image/lib/registry/test_factory.py
@@ -1,42 +1,8 @@
 from prowler.providers.image.lib.registry.dockerhub_adapter import DockerHubAdapter
-from prowler.providers.image.lib.registry.factory import (
-    create_registry_adapter,
-    detect_registry_type,
-)
+from prowler.providers.image.lib.registry.factory import create_registry_adapter
 from prowler.providers.image.lib.registry.oci_adapter import OciRegistryAdapter
 
 
-class TestDetectRegistryType:
-    def test_generic_oci(self):
-        assert detect_registry_type("myregistry.io") == "oci"
-
-    def test_generic_oci_with_https(self):
-        assert detect_registry_type("https://myregistry.io") == "oci"
-
-    def test_docker_hub(self):
-        assert detect_registry_type("docker.io/myorg") == "dockerhub"
-
-    def test_docker_hub_registry1(self):
-        assert detect_registry_type("registry-1.docker.io/myorg") == "dockerhub"
-
-    def test_docker_hub_with_https(self):
-        assert detect_registry_type("https://docker.io/myorg") == "dockerhub"
-
-    def test_ecr(self):
-        assert (
-            detect_registry_type("123456789.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com") == "ecr"
-        )
-
-    def test_ecr_with_https(self):
-        assert (
-            detect_registry_type("https://123456789.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com")
-            == "ecr"
-        )
-
-    def test_harbor(self):
-        assert detect_registry_type("harbor.example.com") == "oci"
-
-
 class TestCreateRegistryAdapter:
     def test_docker_hub_returns_dockerhub_adapter(self):
         adapter = create_registry_adapter("docker.io/myorg")