diff --git a/src/Composer/Repository/Vcs/GitDriver.php b/src/Composer/Repository/Vcs/GitDriver.php
index 1900c6321..8c6902298 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Repository/Vcs/GitDriver.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Repository/Vcs/GitDriver.php
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ class GitDriver extends VcsDriver
         try {
             $gitUtil->runCommand(function ($url) {
                 return 'git ls-remote --heads ' . ProcessExecutor::escape($url);
-            }, $url, null);
+            }, $url, sys_get_temp_dir());
         } catch (\RuntimeException $e) {
             return false;
         }