diff --git a/bin/blackbox_edit_end b/bin/blackbox_edit_end
index 1d6cd3a..80c1891 100755
--- a/bin/blackbox_edit_end
+++ b/bin/blackbox_edit_end
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ fail_if_keychain_has_secrets
 encrypt_file "$unencrypted_file" "$encrypted_file"
 shred_file "$unencrypted_file"
 
-_determine_vcs_base_and_type
-
 echo ========== UPDATED '"'$encrypted_file'"'
 echo "Likely next step:"
 echo "    $VCS_TYPE commit -m\"${encrypted_file} updated\" \"$encrypted_file\""
diff --git a/bin/blackbox_initialize b/bin/blackbox_initialize
index f661e94..271e911 100755
--- a/bin/blackbox_initialize
+++ b/bin/blackbox_initialize
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
 set -e
 source "${0%/*}/_blackbox_common.sh"
 
-_determine_vcs_base_and_type  # Sets VCS_TYPE
-
 if [[ $1 != 'yes' ]]; then
   read -r -p "Enable blackbox for this $VCS_TYPE repo? (yes/no) " ans
   if [[ $ans = 'no' || $ans = 'n' || $ans = '' ]]; then