diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index e1af9b1..295803a 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@
 		return 0;
 	}
 	if (!strcmp(k, "status.color") || !strcmp(k, "color.status")) {
-		s->use_color = git_config_colorbool(k, v, -1);
+		s->use_color = git_config_colorbool(k, v);
 		return 0;
 	}
 	if (!prefixcmp(k, "status.color.") || !prefixcmp(k, "color.status.")) {