diff --git a/builtin-clone.c b/builtin-clone.c
index b2dfe1ab5c6df0da0af0004bdf5accd6d37a90d8..e9ecb5d21a1629762188d0bb34c9de5d84053114 100644
--- a/builtin-clone.c
+++ b/builtin-clone.c
@@ -420,6 +420,13 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	fprintf(stderr, "Initialize %s\n", git_dir);
 	init_db(option_template, option_quiet ? INIT_DB_QUIET : 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * At this point, the config exists, so we do not need the
+	 * environment variable.  We actually need to unset it, too, to
+	 * re-enable parsing of the global configs.
+	 */
+	unsetenv(CONFIG_ENVIRONMENT);
+
 	if (option_reference)
 		setup_reference(git_dir);
 
@@ -452,7 +459,8 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		refs = clone_local(path, git_dir);
 	else {
 		struct remote *remote = remote_get(argv[0]);
-		struct transport *transport = transport_get(remote, argv[0]);
+		struct transport *transport =
+			transport_get(remote, remote->url[0]);
 
 		if (!transport->get_refs_list || !transport->fetch)
 			die("Don't know how to clone %s", transport->url);