diff --git a/src/gl-compile-conf b/src/gl-compile-conf
index c9f8705..6154eb7 100755
--- a/src/gl-compile-conf
+++ b/src/gl-compile-conf
@@ -549,12 +549,14 @@ for my $repo (@phy_repos) {
     setup_git_configs($repo, \%git_configs) if $git_configs{$repo};
 }
 
-# write out the project list
-my $projlist_fh = wrap_open( ">", $PROJECTS_LIST);
-for my $proj (sort keys %projlist) {
-    print $projlist_fh "$proj\n";
+# write out the project list, but not if GL_NO_DAEMON_NO_GITWEB is set
+unless ($GL_NO_DAEMON_NO_GITWEB) {
+    my $projlist_fh = wrap_open( ">", $PROJECTS_LIST);
+    for my $proj (sort keys %projlist) {
+        print $projlist_fh "$proj\n";
+    }
+    close $projlist_fh;
 }
-close $projlist_fh;
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #       "compile" ssh authorized_keys