diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/variant-analysis/gh-api/gh-api-client.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/variant-analysis/gh-api/gh-api-client.ts
index 0e04cab68..876e7715c 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/variant-analysis/gh-api/gh-api-client.ts
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/variant-analysis/gh-api/gh-api-client.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { Progress } from "vscode";
 import { CancellationToken } from "vscode-jsonrpc";
 import { throttling } from "@octokit/plugin-throttling";
 import { Octokit } from "@octokit/rest";
+import { showAndLogWarningMessage } from "../../helpers";
 
 export async function getCodeSearchRepositories(
   credentials: Credentials,
@@ -28,23 +29,15 @@ export async function getCodeSearchRepositories(
   const octokit = new MyOctokit({
     auth,
     throttle: {
-      onRateLimit: (
-        retryAfter: number,
-        options: any,
-        octokit: Octokit,
-      ): boolean => {
-        octokit.log.warn(
+      onRateLimit: (retryAfter: number, options: any): boolean => {
+        void showAndLogWarningMessage(
           `Request quota exhausted for request ${options.method} ${options.url}. Retrying after ${retryAfter} seconds!`,
         );
 
         return true;
       },
-      onSecondaryRateLimit: (
-        _retryAfter: number,
-        options: any,
-        octokit: Octokit,
-      ): void => {
-        octokit.log.warn(
+      onSecondaryRateLimit: (_retryAfter: number, options: any): void => {
+        void showAndLogWarningMessage(
           `SecondaryRateLimit detected for request ${options.method} ${options.url}`,
         );
       },