diff --git a/config/routes/project.rb b/config/routes/project.rb
index 9a77e7a98ac0feb2e3ed9aa7742e71cde6fd3aa7..632ef34f317b79a868b4fa0003b8828f3ecca704 100644
--- a/config/routes/project.rb
+++ b/config/routes/project.rb
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@
       # Deprecated unscoped routing.
       scope as: 'deprecated' do
         # Issue https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/issues/118849
-        draw :repository
+        draw :repository_deprecated
 
         # Issue https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/223719
         # rubocop: disable Cop/PutProjectRoutesUnderScope
diff --git a/config/routes/repository.rb b/config/routes/repository_deprecated.rb
similarity index 83%
rename from config/routes/repository.rb
rename to config/routes/repository_deprecated.rb
index 854c6517cd55eb1630b03b83c2afd4167ad5836e..7626ceb3529232d5ba68cb178cd18bd945ce31b1 100644
--- a/config/routes/repository.rb
+++ b/config/routes/repository_deprecated.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-# All routing related to repository browsing
-#
-# NOTE: Add new routes to repository_scoped.rb instead (see
-# https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/routing.html#project-routes).
+# Repository routes without /-/ scope.
+# Issue https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/28848.
+# Do not add new routes here. Add new routes to repository_scoped.rb instead
+# (see https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/routing.html#project-routes).
 
 resource :repository, only: [:create]