diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/--config.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/--config.rb
index ecbcb0a1da..2c1bedaf5e 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/--config.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/--config.rb
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ module Homebrew extend self
 
   def origin
     origin = HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY.cd do
-      `git config --get remote.origin.url`.chomp
+      `git config --get remote.origin.url 2>/dev/null`.chomp
     end
     if origin.empty? then "(none)" else origin end
   end