diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/commands/GitHandler.java b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/commands/GitHandler.java
index 52aec9f6388e..d24185fd0724 100644
--- a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/commands/GitHandler.java
+++ b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/commands/GitHandler.java
@@ -435,6 +435,7 @@ public abstract class GitHandler {
         }
       }
       setUpLocale();
+      unsetGitTrace();
       myCommandLine.getEnvironment().clear();
       myCommandLine.getEnvironment().putAll(myEnv);
       // start process
@@ -457,6 +458,10 @@ public abstract class GitHandler {
     myEnv.putAll(VcsLocaleHelper.getDefaultLocaleEnvironmentVars("git"));
   }
 
+  private void unsetGitTrace() {
+    myEnv.put("GIT_TRACE", "0");
+  }
+
   private void setupHttpAuthenticator() throws IOException {
     GitHttpAuthService service = ServiceManager.getService(GitHttpAuthService.class);
     myEnv.put(GitAskPassXmlRpcHandler.GIT_ASK_PASS_ENV, service.getScriptPath().getPath());