diff --git a/applications/solvcon/entry.sh b/applications/solvcon/entry.sh
index 139d73a..2ffa5b4 100755
--- a/applications/solvcon/entry.sh
+++ b/applications/solvcon/entry.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ VERSION=3.8 devenv build python
 devenv build cmake
 # scotch will be used later by libmarch
 # cmake will be used for building scotch
-SYNCGIT="yes" devenv build scotch
+devenv build scotch
 
 # prepare all packages to build SOLVCON
 pip3 install nose boto paramiko netCDF4 numpy