diff --git a/git-ls-remote.sh b/git-ls-remote.sh
index bfbd5a4d5a..f0f0b07f6f 100755
--- a/git-ls-remote.sh
+++ b/git-ls-remote.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
-. git-sh-setup || die "Not a git archive"
+. git-sh-setup
 
 usage () {
     echo >&2 "usage: $0 [--heads] [--tags] <repository> <refs>..."
diff --git a/git-parse-remote.sh b/git-parse-remote.sh
index 4d8a572a99..5e75e15a7e 100755
--- a/git-parse-remote.sh
+++ b/git-parse-remote.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-. git-sh-setup || die "Not a git archive"
+. git-sh-setup
 
 get_data_source () {
 	case "$1" in