diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/config.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/config.rb
index 93b101bf69..a24d9c1cb2 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/config.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/config.rb
@@ -53,10 +53,7 @@ module Homebrew
   end
 
   def origin
-    origin = HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY.cd do
-      `git config --get remote.origin.url 2>/dev/null`.chomp
-    end
-    if origin.empty? then "(none)" else origin end
+    Homebrew.git_origin || "(none)"
   end
 
   def describe_path(path)