diff --git a/pkg/arch/kernel/PKGBUILD b/pkg/arch/kernel/PKGBUILD
index 60c469c00..bcca388a4 100644
--- a/pkg/arch/kernel/PKGBUILD
+++ b/pkg/arch/kernel/PKGBUILD
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ prepare() {
   echo "${pkgbase#linux}" > localversion.20-pkgname
 
   # setup git
-  git config --global user.email "surfacebot@users.noreply.github.com"
-  git config --global user.name "surfacebot"
+  git config --local user.email "surfacebot@users.noreply.github.com"
+  git config --local user.name "surfacebot"
 
   local src
   for src in "${source[@]}"; do