diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
index af671fb4a..867bb0946 100755
--- a/setup.sh
+++ b/setup.sh
@@ -63,7 +63,11 @@ declare -A EXTRA_DEPS
 EXTRA_DEPS["angr"]="sqlalchemy unicorn==2.0.1.post1"
 EXTRA_DEPS["pyvex"]="--pre capstone"
 
-ORIGIN_REMOTE=${ORIGIN_REMOTE-$(git remote -v | grep origin | head -n1 | awk '{print $2}' | sed -e "s|[^/:]*/angr-dev.*||")}
+if [ ! $(which git) ]; then
+	ORIGIN_REMOTE=${ORIGIN_REMOTE-$(git remote -v | grep origin | head -n1 | awk '{print $2}' | sed -e "s|[^/:]*/angr-dev.*||")}
+else
+	ORIGIN_REMOTE="https://github.com/"
+fi
 REMOTES=${REMOTES-${ORIGIN_REMOTE}angr ${ORIGIN_REMOTE}shellphish ${ORIGIN_REMOTE}mechaphish https://git:@github.com/zardus https://git:@github.com/rhelmot https://git:@github.com/salls https://git:@github.com/lukas-dresel https://git:@github.com/mborgerson}