diff --git a/make/projects-dir.mk b/make/projects-dir.mk
index cee2e724..9b82aaf8 100644
--- a/make/projects-dir.mk
+++ b/make/projects-dir.mk
@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@ ifneq ($(PROJECTS),)
   export PGIT_CLONE_PROJECTS = $(PROJECTS)
 endif
 
-ifneq ($(CLONE_FROM_USER),)
-  export PGIT_CLONE_FROM_USER = $(CLONE_FROM_USER)
-endif
-
 ifneq ($(wildcard projects.txt),)
   PROJECTS = $(shell cat projects.txt | sed '/^ *\#/ d')
   # TODO: this could be nicer
@@ -49,7 +45,7 @@ ifeq ($(CVS_RSH),)
   export CVS_RSH
 endif
 
-PGIT   = CLONE_PROJECTS="$(PROJECTS)" CLONE_FROM_USER="$(shell whoami)" /bin/bash $(firstword $(wildcard ./ytools/devutil/scripts/pgit.sh /opt/ytools/bin/pgit.sh))
+PGIT   = CLONE_PROJECTS="$(PROJECTS)" PGIT_CLONE_FROM_USER="$(JANWARE_USER)" /bin/bash $(firstword $(wildcard ./ytools/devutil/scripts/pgit.sh /opt/ytools/bin/pgit.sh))
 
 EXCLUDE_FROM_BUILD = \
 	dspider-btools \