diff --git a/scripts/sbtools/sb-init b/scripts/sbtools/sb-init
index 8ac9f2ff..f6296e13 100755
--- a/scripts/sbtools/sb-init
+++ b/scripts/sbtools/sb-init
@@ -135,10 +135,6 @@ if ! grep -q isolcpus /boot/cmdline.txt; then
  sudo sed -i 's/$/ isolcpus=3/' /boot/cmdline.txt
 fi
 
-git config --global user.email "first@example.com"
-git config --global user.name "User Name"
-git config pull.rebase false
-
 git reset --hard
 git fetch origin --prune
 git pull