diff --git a/autoload/magit/git.vim b/autoload/magit/git.vim
index 563a0550b6f3600cf7e617609dbc62cad8f4f871..0d4e55e9094167ce55944f4edfb3592d71d12e45 100644
--- a/autoload/magit/git.vim
+++ b/autoload/magit/git.vim
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-let s:git_cmd="git"
+let s:git_cmd="GIT_CONFIG=/dev/null GIT_CONFIG_NOSYSTEM=1 XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/ git"
 
 " magit#git#get_status: this function returns the git status output formated
 " into a List of Dict as