diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 6db05e0df8..19b45f29e1 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ static void handle_internal_command(int argc, const char **argv)
 		{ "fsck-objects", cmd_fsck, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "gc", cmd_gc, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "get-tar-commit-id", cmd_get_tar_commit_id },
-		{ "grep", cmd_grep, RUN_SETUP },
+		{ "grep", cmd_grep },
 		{ "hash-object", cmd_hash_object },
 		{ "help", cmd_help },
 		{ "index-pack", cmd_index_pack },