diff --git a/omnibus/config/projects/agent.rb b/omnibus/config/projects/agent.rb
index 65b5bb8ead6ea..d85fd92ff1ce6 100644
--- a/omnibus/config/projects/agent.rb
+++ b/omnibus/config/projects/agent.rb
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@
   COMPRESSION_LEVEL = 5
 end
 
-if ENV.has_key?("OMNIBUS_GIT_CACHE_DIR")
+BUILD_OCIRU = Omnibus::Config.host_distribution == "ociru"
+
+if ENV.has_key?("OMNIBUS_GIT_CACHE_DIR") && !BUILD_OCIRU
   Omnibus::Config.use_git_caching true
   Omnibus::Config.git_cache_dir ENV["OMNIBUS_GIT_CACHE_DIR"]
 end
 
-BUILD_OCIRU = Omnibus::Config.host_distribution == "ociru"
-
 if windows_target?
   # Note: this is the path used by Omnibus to build the agent, the final install
   # dir will be determined by the Windows installer. This path must not contain