diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb b/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb
index a73df50d24..ac35feee87 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ begin
     unless internal_cmd
       internal_cmd = require? HOMEBREW_LIBRARY_PATH.join("dev-cmd", cmd)
       if internal_cmd && !ARGV.homebrew_developer?
-        safe_system "git", "config", "--file=#{HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY}/.git/config",
-                                     "--replace-all", "homebrew.devcmdrun", "true"
+        system "git", "config", "--file=#{HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY}/.git/config",
+                                "--replace-all", "homebrew.devcmdrun", "true"
         ENV["HOMEBREW_DEV_CMD_RUN"] = "1"
       end
     end