diff --git a/server/remote/common/utils.go b/server/remote/common/utils.go
index 224f03b7b..730c7c0cc 100644
--- a/server/remote/common/utils.go
+++ b/server/remote/common/utils.go
@@ -23,3 +23,28 @@ func ExtractHostFromCloneURL(cloneURL string) (string, error) {
 
 	return host, nil
 }
+
+// Paginate iterates over a func call until it does not return new items and return it as list
+func Paginate[T any](get func(page int) ([]T, error)) ([]T, error) {
+	items := make([]T, 0, 10)
+	page := 1
+	lenFirstBatch := -1
+
+	for {
+		batch, err := get(page)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		items = append(items, batch...)
+
+		if page == 1 {
+			lenFirstBatch = len(batch)
+		} else if len(batch) < lenFirstBatch || len(batch) == 0 {
+			break
+		}
+
+		page++
+	}
+
+	return items, nil
+}
diff --git a/server/remote/common/utils_test.go b/server/remote/common/utils_test.go
index 35a400060..81121b379 100644
--- a/server/remote/common/utils_test.go
+++ b/server/remote/common/utils_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package common_test
 import (
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/server/remote/common"
 )
 
@@ -16,3 +17,29 @@ func Test_Netrc(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Expected host to be git.example.com, got %s", host)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestPaginate(t *testing.T) {
+	apiExec := 0
+	apiMock := func(page int) []int {
+		apiExec++
+		switch page {
+		case 0, 1:
+			return []int{11, 12, 13}
+		case 2:
+			return []int{21, 22, 23}
+		case 3:
+			return []int{31, 32}
+		default:
+			return []int{}
+		}
+	}
+
+	result, _ := common.Paginate(func(page int) ([]int, error) {
+		return apiMock(page), nil
+	})
+
+	assert.EqualValues(t, 3, apiExec)
+	if assert.Len(t, result, 8) {
+		assert.EqualValues(t, []int{11, 12, 13, 21, 22, 23, 31, 32}, result)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/server/remote/gitea/gitea.go b/server/remote/gitea/gitea.go
index d35f08d65..acc3234c9 100644
--- a/server/remote/gitea/gitea.go
+++ b/server/remote/gitea/gitea.go
@@ -192,10 +192,7 @@ func (c *Gitea) Teams(ctx context.Context, u *model.User) ([]*model.Team, error)
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	teams := make([]*model.Team, 0, perPage)
-
-	page := 1
-	for {
+	return common.Paginate(func(page int) ([]*model.Team, error) {
 		orgs, _, err := client.ListMyOrgs(
 			gitea.ListOrgsOptions{
 				ListOptions: gitea.ListOptions{
@@ -204,21 +201,12 @@ func (c *Gitea) Teams(ctx context.Context, u *model.User) ([]*model.Team, error)
 				},
 			},
 		)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-
+		teams := make([]*model.Team, 0, len(orgs))
 		for _, org := range orgs {
 			teams = append(teams, toTeam(org, c.URL))
 		}
-
-		if len(orgs) < perPage {
-			break
-		}
-		page++
-	}
-
-	return teams, nil
+		return teams, err
+	})
 }
 
 // TeamPerm is not supported by the Gitea driver.
@@ -255,17 +243,13 @@ func (c *Gitea) Repo(ctx context.Context, u *model.User, id model.RemoteID, owne
 // Repos returns a list of all repositories for the Gitea account, including
 // organization repositories.
 func (c *Gitea) Repos(ctx context.Context, u *model.User) ([]*model.Repo, error) {
-	repos := make([]*model.Repo, 0, perPage)
-
 	client, err := c.newClientToken(ctx, u.Token)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	// Gitea SDK forces us to read repo list paginated.
-	page := 1
-	for {
-		all, _, err := client.ListMyRepos(
+	return common.Paginate(func(page int) ([]*model.Repo, error) {
+		repos, _, err := client.ListMyRepos(
 			gitea.ListReposOptions{
 				ListOptions: gitea.ListOptions{
 					Page:     page,
@@ -273,22 +257,12 @@ func (c *Gitea) Repos(ctx context.Context, u *model.User) ([]*model.Repo, error)
 				},
 			},
 		)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+		result := make([]*model.Repo, 0, len(repos))
+		for _, repo := range repos {
+			result = append(result, toRepo(repo))
 		}
-
-		for _, repo := range all {
-			repos = append(repos, toRepo(repo))
-		}
-
-		if len(all) < perPage {
-			break
-		}
-		// Last page was not empty so more repos may be available - continue loop.
-		page++
-	}
-
-	return repos, nil
+		return result, err
+	})
 }
 
 // Perm returns the user permissions for the named Gitea repository.
@@ -462,27 +436,17 @@ func (c *Gitea) Branches(ctx context.Context, u *model.User, r *model.Repo) ([]s
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	branches := make([]string, 0)
-
-	page := 1
-
-	for {
-		giteaBranches, _, err := client.ListRepoBranches(r.Owner, r.Name, gitea.ListRepoBranchesOptions{
-			ListOptions: gitea.ListOptions{
-				Page: page,
-			},
-		})
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		if len(giteaBranches) > 0 {
-			for _, branch := range giteaBranches {
-				branches = append(branches, branch.Name)
-			}
-			page++
-		} else {
-			break
+	branches, err := common.Paginate(func(page int) ([]string, error) {
+		branches, _, err := client.ListRepoBranches(r.Owner, r.Name,
+			gitea.ListRepoBranchesOptions{ListOptions: gitea.ListOptions{Page: page}})
+		result := make([]string, 0, len(branches))
+		for i := range branches {
+			result[i] = branches[i].Name
 		}
+		return result, err
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	return branches, nil