diff --git a/src/generators/app.ts b/src/generators/app.ts
index ba5e73a..27529af 100644
--- a/src/generators/app.ts
+++ b/src/generators/app.ts
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ class App extends Generator {
     // if (this.semantic_release) {
     //   this.fs.copyTpl(this.templatePath('scripts/release'), this.destinationPath('.circleci/release'), this)
     // }
-    this.fs.copyTpl(this.templatePath('scripts/setup_git'), this.destinationPath('.circleci/setup_git'), this)
+    // this.fs.copyTpl(this.templatePath('scripts/setup_git'), this.destinationPath('.circleci/setup_git'), this)
     this.fs.copyTpl(this.templatePath('README.md.ejs'), this.destinationPath('README.md'), this)
     this.fs.copyTpl(this.templatePath('circle.yml.ejs'), this.destinationPath('.circleci/config.yml'), this)
     this.fs.copyTpl(this.templatePath('appveyor.yml.ejs'), this.destinationPath('appveyor.yml'), this)
diff --git a/templates/appveyor.yml.ejs b/templates/appveyor.yml.ejs
index 3138dbc..3b2a2db 100644
--- a/templates/appveyor.yml.ejs
+++ b/templates/appveyor.yml.ejs
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@ cache:
 
 install:
   - ps: Install-Product node $env:nodejs_version x64
-  - git submodule sync
-  - git submodule update --init --recursive
-  - git config --global user.email "anycli@example.com"
-  - git config --global user.name "anycli"
   - yarn add -D nyc@11 @anycli/nyc-config@0
 test_script:
 <%_ if (type === 'single' || type === 'multi') { _%>
diff --git a/templates/circle.yml.ejs b/templates/circle.yml.ejs
index 4272fa7..36ed6c4 100644
--- a/templates/circle.yml.ejs
+++ b/templates/circle.yml.ejs
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - checkout
       - attach_workspace: {at: node_modules}
-      - run: .circleci/setup_git
       <%_ if (mocha) { _%>
       - run: |
           mkdir -p reports
@@ -85,7 +84,6 @@ jobs:
       - attach_workspace: {at: node_modules}
       - run: |
           export PATH=/usr/local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/.bin:$PATH
-          .circleci/setup_git
           yarn global add @anycli/semantic-release@1 semantic-release@12
           semantic-release -e @anycli/semantic-release
 <%_ } _%>
diff --git a/templates/scripts/greenkeeper b/templates/scripts/greenkeeper
index 7b055f4..b877d97 100755
--- a/templates/scripts/greenkeeper
+++ b/templates/scripts/greenkeeper
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ if [[ "$CIRCLE_BRANCH" != greenkeeper/* ]]; then
   exit 0
 fi
 
+if [[ ! -z "$GIT_EMAIL" ]] & [[ ! -z "$GIT_USERNAME" ]]; then
+  git config --global push.default simple
+  git config --global user.email "$GIT_EMAIL"
+  git config --global user.name "$GIT_USERNAME"
+fi
+
 if [[ ! -x "$(command -v greenkeeper-lockfile-update)" ]]; then
   yarn global add greenkeeper-lockfile@1
 fi