diff --git a/.mikaela/gitconfig b/.mikaela/gitconfig
index b56057d5..35625430 100644
--- a/.mikaela/gitconfig
+++ b/.mikaela/gitconfig
@@ -12,11 +12,9 @@
     cleandix = clean -dix
     # From http://progit.org/book/ch2-7.html
     last = cat-file commit HEAD
-    # From https://github.com/blog/985-git-io-github-url-shortener#comment-15121
     mergen = merge --no-ff
     pulln = pull --no-ff
     pullen = pull --no-ff
-    shorten = "!sh -c 'curl -i http://git.io -F url=$1' -"
     verify = verify-commit HEAD
 
 [core]
diff --git a/conf/gitconfig b/conf/gitconfig
index 49dd24c1..2e6f2316 100644
--- a/conf/gitconfig
+++ b/conf/gitconfig
@@ -12,11 +12,9 @@
     cleandix = clean -dix
     # From http://progit.org/book/ch2-7.html
     last = cat-file commit HEAD
-    # From https://github.com/blog/985-git-io-github-url-shortener#comment-15121
     mergen = merge --no-ff
     pulln = pull --no-ff
     pullen = pull --no-ff
-    shorten = "!sh -c 'curl -i http://git.io -F url=$1' -"
     verify = verify-commit HEAD
 
 [core]