diff --git a/vcsh b/vcsh
index 0bf5a1408bfab5d2f51f6abfacd2c0d0265a255d..8fedc09426938f4ef5b31d3769676fb4fc436adb 100755
--- a/vcsh
+++ b/vcsh
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ elif [ "$1" = 'use' ]; then
 	return 0
 
 elif [ "$1" = 'clone' ]; then
-	export GIT_REMOTE="$2"
+	GIT_REMOTE="$2"
 	REPO_NAME="$3"
 	[[ -z $REPO_NAME ]] && REPO_NAME=$(basename $GIT_REMOTE .git)
 	export REPO_NAME