diff --git a/scripts/run_integration_tests.sh b/scripts/run_integration_tests.sh
index 2bf010f19..0c659ebfa 100755
--- a/scripts/run_integration_tests.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_integration_tests.sh
@@ -2,16 +2,6 @@
 
 echo "Running integration tests with $(git --version)"
 
-# This is ugly, but older versions of git don't support the GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL
-# env var; the only way to run tests for these old versions is to copy our test
-# config file to the actual global location. Move an existing file out of the
-# way so that we can restore it at the end.
-if test -f ~/.gitconfig; then
-  mv ~/.gitconfig ~/.gitconfig.lazygit.bak
-fi
-
-cp test/global_git_config ~/.gitconfig
-
 # if the LAZYGIT_GOCOVERDIR env var is set, we'll capture code coverage data
 if [ -n "$LAZYGIT_GOCOVERDIR" ]; then
   # Go expects us to either be running the test binary directly or running `go test`, but because
@@ -33,10 +23,6 @@ else
   EXITCODE=$?
 fi
 
-if test -f ~/.gitconfig.lazygit.bak; then
-  mv ~/.gitconfig.lazygit.bak ~/.gitconfig
-fi
-
 # If per-test timings were collected (LAZYGIT_TEST_TIMING points at the file the
 # harness appends to), print them sorted by slowest first so they show up in the
 # CI log.