diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux-parallel.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux-parallel.yml
index 19927af01..dda65b5f4 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux-parallel.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux-parallel.yml
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ script: |
   create_per-host_faketime_wrappers "${REFERENCE_DATETIME}"
 
   # Create the release tarball using (arbitrarily) the first host
-  export GIT_DIR="$PWD/.git"
   ./autogen.sh
   CONFIG_SITE=${BASEPREFIX}/$(echo "${HOSTS}" | awk '{print $1;}')/share/config.site ./configure --prefix=/
   make dist
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
index 7c9ece4f5..adb5c5a1d 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ script: |
   create_per-host_faketime_wrappers "${REFERENCE_DATETIME}"
 
   # Create the release tarball using (arbitrarily) the first host
-  export GIT_DIR="$PWD/.git"
   ./autogen.sh
   CONFIG_SITE=${BASEPREFIX}/$(echo "${HOSTS}" | awk '{print $1;}')/share/config.site ./configure --prefix=/
   make dist
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
index cb0a968c9..723b83c51 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ script: |
   create_per-host_faketime_wrappers "${REFERENCE_DATETIME}"
 
   # Create the release tarball using (arbitrarily) the first host
-  export GIT_DIR="$PWD/.git"
   ./autogen.sh
   CONFIG_SITE=${BASEPREFIX}/$(echo "${HOSTS}" | awk '{print $1;}')/share/config.site ./configure --prefix=/
   make dist
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
index 9ae0f21fb..fb65863ef 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ script: |
   create_per-host_linker_wrapper "${REFERENCE_DATETIME}"
 
   # Create the release tarball using (arbitrarily) the first host
-  export GIT_DIR="$PWD/.git"
   ./autogen.sh
   CONFIG_SITE=${BASEPREFIX}/$(echo "${HOSTS}" | awk '{print $1;}')/share/config.site ./configure --prefix=/
   make dist