diff --git a/src/lib/Gitolite/Conf/Load.pm b/src/lib/Gitolite/Conf/Load.pm
index 441c644..6c133e2 100644
--- a/src/lib/Gitolite/Conf/Load.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Gitolite/Conf/Load.pm
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ sub load_1 {
     }
 
     if ( -f "gl-conf" ) {
-        _warn "split conf not set, gl-conf present for '$repo'" if not $split_conf{$repo};
+        return if not $split_conf{$repo};
 
         my $cc = "./gl-conf";
         _die "parse '$cc' failed: " . ( $! or $@ ) unless do $cc;