diff --git a/kallithea/controllers/admin/repos.py b/kallithea/controllers/admin/repos.py
--- a/kallithea/controllers/admin/repos.py
+++ b/kallithea/controllers/admin/repos.py
@@ -99,11 +99,9 @@ class ReposController(BaseRepoController
         return defaults
 
     def index(self, format='html'):
-        _list = Repository.query(sorted=True).all()
-
-        c.repos_list = RepoList(_list, perm_level='admin')
+        repos_list = RepoList(Repository.query(sorted=True).all(), perm_level='admin')
         # the repo list will be filtered to only show repos where the user has read permissions
-        repos_data = RepoModel().get_repos_as_dict(c.repos_list, admin=True)
+        repos_data = RepoModel().get_repos_as_dict(repos_list, admin=True)
         # data used to render the grid
         c.data = repos_data