1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c
index f08dd64976..dbf4138720 100644
--- a/setup.c
+++ b/setup.c
@@ -227,7 +227,6 @@ int is_inside_work_tree(void)
 
 void setup_work_tree(void)
 {
-	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
 	const char *work_tree, *git_dir;
 	static int initialized = 0;
 
@@ -247,10 +246,8 @@ void setup_work_tree(void)
 	if (getenv(GIT_WORK_TREE_ENVIRONMENT))
 		setenv(GIT_WORK_TREE_ENVIRONMENT, ".", 1);
 
-	set_git_dir(relative_path(git_dir, work_tree, &sb));
+	set_git_dir(remove_leading_path(git_dir, work_tree));
 	initialized = 1;
-
-	strbuf_release(&sb);
 }
 
 static int check_repository_format_gently(const char *gitdir, int *nongit_ok)