diff --git a/tests/chile2010_adjoint/Makefile b/tests/chile2010_adjoint/Makefile
index 1b7972a9e..ccae7cc07 100644
--- a/tests/chile2010_adjoint/Makefile
+++ b/tests/chile2010_adjoint/Makefile
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ PLOTDIR = _plots               # Directory for plots
 
 OVERWRITE ?= True                   # False ==> make a copy of OUTDIR first
 RESTART ?= False                    # Should = clawdata.restart in setrun
-GIT_STATUS = True
 
 # Environment variable FC should be set to fortran compiler, e.g. gfortran
 
diff --git a/tests/chile2010_adjoint/adjoint/Makefile b/tests/chile2010_adjoint/adjoint/Makefile
index d01484439..4127f43d8 100644
--- a/tests/chile2010_adjoint/adjoint/Makefile
+++ b/tests/chile2010_adjoint/adjoint/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ PLOTDIR = _plots               # Directory for plots
 
 OVERWRITE ?= True                   # False ==> make a copy of OUTDIR first
 RESTART ?= False                    # Should = clawdata.restart in setrun
-GIT_STATUS = True
 
 # Environment variable FC should be set to fortran compiler, e.g. gfortran