diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
index d4bd029..a620907 100755
--- a/setup.sh
+++ b/setup.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ have cvs && link_file cvsrc .cvsrc
 if have fossil; then
 	echo "Setting global fossil settings…"
 
+	fossil unset autosync
 	fossil set --global autosync 0
 	fossil set --global editor 'vim -c "se ft=gitcommit"'
 	fossil set --global mv-rm-files 1