diff --git a/builtin/ls-remote.c b/builtin/ls-remote.c
index 34480cfad6..97eed4012b 100644
--- a/builtin/ls-remote.c
+++ b/builtin/ls-remote.c
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ int cmd_ls_remote(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	int i;
 	const char *dest = NULL;
-	int nongit;
 	unsigned flags = 0;
 	int quiet = 0;
 	const char *uploadpack = NULL;
@@ -42,8 +41,6 @@ int cmd_ls_remote(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	struct transport *transport;
 	const struct ref *ref;
 
-	setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
-
 	for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
 		const char *arg = argv[i];
 
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 982406839c..86b0a88d97 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ static void handle_internal_command(int argc, const char **argv)
 		{ "log", cmd_log, RUN_SETUP | USE_PAGER },
 		{ "ls-files", cmd_ls_files, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "ls-tree", cmd_ls_tree, RUN_SETUP },
-		{ "ls-remote", cmd_ls_remote },
+		{ "ls-remote", cmd_ls_remote, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
 		{ "mailinfo", cmd_mailinfo },
 		{ "mailsplit", cmd_mailsplit },
 		{ "merge", cmd_merge, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ static void handle_internal_command(int argc, const char **argv)
 		{ "pack-objects", cmd_pack_objects, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "pack-redundant", cmd_pack_redundant, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "patch-id", cmd_patch_id },
-		{ "peek-remote", cmd_ls_remote },
+		{ "peek-remote", cmd_ls_remote, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
 		{ "pickaxe", cmd_blame, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "prune", cmd_prune, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "prune-packed", cmd_prune_packed, RUN_SETUP },