diff --git a/src/applications/config/check/PhabricatorSetupCheckAuth.php b/src/applications/config/check/PhabricatorSetupCheckAuth.php
index 9cc2348aa6..b34d643f8a 100644
--- a/src/applications/config/check/PhabricatorSetupCheckAuth.php
+++ b/src/applications/config/check/PhabricatorSetupCheckAuth.php
@@ -3,8 +3,22 @@
 final class PhabricatorSetupCheckAuth extends PhabricatorSetupCheck {
 
   protected function executeChecks() {
-    $providers = PhabricatorAuthProvider::getAllEnabledProviders();
-    if (!$providers) {
+    // NOTE: We're not actually building these providers. Building providers
+    // can require additional configuration to be present (e.g., to build
+    // redirect and login URIs using `phabricator.base-uri`) and it won't
+    // necessarily be available when running setup checks.
+
+    // Since this check is only meant as a hint to new administrators about
+    // steps they should take, we don't need to be thorough about checking
+    // that providers are enabled, available, correctly configured, etc. As
+    // long as they've created some kind of provider in the auth app before,
+    // they know that it exists and don't need the hint to go check it out.
+
+    $configs = id(new PhabricatorAuthProviderConfigQuery())
+      ->setViewer(PhabricatorUser::getOmnipotentUser())
+      ->execute();
+
+    if (!$configs) {
       $message = pht(
         'You have not configured any authentication providers yet. You '.
         'should add a provider (like username/password, LDAP, or GitHub '.