diff --git a/extensions/git/src/git.ts b/extensions/git/src/git.ts
index 62f20c51ec9..a58944a6ce0 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/git.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/git.ts
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ export class Git {
 			VSCODE_GIT_COMMAND: args[0],
 			LC_ALL: 'en_US.UTF-8',
 			LANG: 'en_US.UTF-8',
-			GIT_PAGER: ''
+			GIT_PAGER: 'cat'
 		});
 
 		if (options.cwd) {