diff --git a/bin/compile b/bin/compile
index 79b970b..92e4ddf 100755
--- a/bin/compile
+++ b/bin/compile
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ PIP_DOWNLOAD_CACHE=${PIP_DOWNLOAD_CACHE:-$CACHE_DIR/pip_downloads}
 VIRTUALENV_DIRS="bin include lib"
 VENDORED_MEMCACHED="http://cl.ly/0a191R3K160t1w1P0N25/vendor-libmemcached.tar.gz"
 
+unset GIT_DIR
 export PIP_DOWNLOAD_CACHE
 
 indent() {