diff --git a/doc/big-config.mkd b/doc/big-config.mkd
index 2aaa61a..31059ed 100644
--- a/doc/big-config.mkd
+++ b/doc/big-config.mkd
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 
 This document is just background info; you don't actually need to read the
 whole thing if you don't care.  All you need to do is set `BIG_CONFIG` to 1 in
-the rc file and you're done.  If you have no use for gitweb and daemon, you
-can save even more time by setting `GL_NO_DAEMON_NO_GITWEB`.
+the rc file and you're done.  If you have no use for gitweb, git-daemon, or
+[git config][rsgc], you can save even more time by setting
+`GL_NO_DAEMON_NO_GITWEB`.
 
 Finally, if you're *really* an expert (or your initials are "JK"), you can
 even set `GL_NO_CREATE_REPOS` and `GL_NO_SETUP_AUTHKEYS`.  However, be warned
@@ -147,10 +148,10 @@ first one):
 
 `GL_NO_DAEMON_NO_GITWEB` is a very useful optimisation that you *must* enable
 if you *do* have a large number of repositories, and do *not* use gitolite's
-support for gitweb or git-daemon access (see "[this][gwd]" for details).  This will save a
-lot of time when you push the gitolite-admin repo with changes.  This variable
-also controls whether "git config" lines (such as `config hooks.emailprefix =
-"[gitolite]"`) will be processed or not.
+support for gitweb or git-daemon access (see "[this][gwd]" for details).  This
+will save a lot of time when you push the gitolite-admin repo with changes.
+This variable also controls whether "git config" lines (such as `config
+hooks.emailprefix = "[gitolite]"`) will be processed or not.
 
 You should be a lot more careful with `GL_NO_CREATE_REPOS` and
 `GL_NO_SETUP_AUTHKEYS`.  These are meant for installations where some backend
diff --git a/src/gitolite.pm b/src/gitolite.pm
index acd7ff0..062706f 100644
--- a/src/gitolite.pm
+++ b/src/gitolite.pm
@@ -443,6 +443,8 @@ sub get_set_desc
 
 sub setup_git_configs
 {
+    return if $GL_NO_DAEMON_NO_GITWEB;
+
     my ($repo, $git_configs_p) = @_;
 
     # new_wild calls us without checking!
@@ -476,6 +478,8 @@ sub setup_git_configs
 my $export_ok = "git-daemon-export-ok";
 sub setup_daemon_access
 {
+    return if $GL_NO_DAEMON_NO_GITWEB;
+
     my $repo = shift;
 
     if (can_read($repo, 'daemon')) {
@@ -507,6 +511,8 @@ sub setup_web_access {
 }
 
 sub add_del_web_access {
+    return if $GL_NO_DAEMON_NO_GITWEB;
+
     # input is a repo name.  Code could simply use `can_read($repo, 'gitweb')`
     # to determine whether to add or delete the repo from web access.
     # However, "desc" also factors into this so we have think about this.