diff --git a/buildSrc/src/integTest/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/fixtures/AbstractGradleFuncTest.groovy b/buildSrc/src/integTest/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/fixtures/AbstractGradleFuncTest.groovy
index 442f0ecc776e..696583301275 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/integTest/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/fixtures/AbstractGradleFuncTest.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/src/integTest/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/fixtures/AbstractGradleFuncTest.groovy
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ abstract class AbstractGradleFuncTest extends Specification {
     void setupLocalGitRepo() {
         execute("git init")
         execute('git config user.email "build-tool@elastic.co"')
-        execute('git config --global user.name "Build tool"')
+        execute('git config user.name "Build tool"')
         execute("git add .")
         execute('git commit -m "Initial"')
     }
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/integTest/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/InternalDistributionBwcSetupPluginFuncTest.groovy b/buildSrc/src/integTest/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/InternalDistributionBwcSetupPluginFuncTest.groovy
index 7b79bb25ba43..00ab6ccd34c8 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/integTest/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/InternalDistributionBwcSetupPluginFuncTest.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/src/integTest/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/InternalDistributionBwcSetupPluginFuncTest.groovy
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ class InternalDistributionBwcSetupPluginFuncTest extends AbstractGradleFuncTest
         gradleRunner(workingRemoteGit, "wrapper").build()
         execute("git init", workingRemoteGit)
         execute('git config user.email "build-tool@elastic.co"', workingRemoteGit)
-        execute('git config --global user.name "Build tool"', workingRemoteGit)
+        execute('git config user.name "Build tool"', workingRemoteGit)
         execute("git add .", workingRemoteGit)
         execute('git commit -m"Initial"', workingRemoteGit)
         execute("git checkout -b origin/8.0", workingRemoteGit)