diff --git a/orchestra/actions/clone.py b/orchestra/actions/clone.py
index eedfc2c8f58de565d9f3a0d2e1e37407272a6ae8..ef60ea80bb8cbdb0881adb630946654798b6240e 100644
--- a/orchestra/actions/clone.py
+++ b/orchestra/actions/clone.py
@@ -26,21 +26,7 @@ class CloneAction(Action):
             checkout_cmds.append(f'git -C "$SOURCE_DIR" checkout -b "{branch}" "origin/{branch}"')
         checkout_cmds.append("true")
         script += " || \\\n  ".join(checkout_cmds)
-
-        from textwrap import dedent
-        debug_prelude = dedent("""
-        export GIT_TRACE=2
-        export GIT_CURL_VERBOSE=2
-        export GIT_TRACE_PERFORMANCE=2
-        export GIT_TRACE_PACK_ACCESS=2
-        export GIT_TRACE_PACKET=2
-        export GIT_TRACE_PACKFILE=2
-        export GIT_TRACE_SETUP=2
-        export GIT_TRACE_SHALLOW=2
-        
-        """)
         return script
-        return debug_prelude + script
 
     def _is_satisfied(self):
         return os.path.exists(self.environment["SOURCE_DIR"])