diff --git a/script/build-macos.sh b/script/build-macos.sh
index c6f1ef0a..8ea7edc6 100755
--- a/script/build-macos.sh
+++ b/script/build-macos.sh
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ echo "-- Building git at $SOURCE to $DESTINATION"
     MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=$MACOSX_BUILD_VERSION
 )
 
-if [[ "$GIT_LFS_VERSION" ]]; then
+if [[ "${NO_GIT_LFS:-}" != "1" && "$GIT_LFS_VERSION" ]]; then
   echo "-- Bundling Git LFS"
   GIT_LFS_FILE=git-lfs.tar.gz
   GIT_LFS_URL="https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/releases/download/v${GIT_LFS_VERSION}/${GIT_LFS_FILENAME}"
@@ -102,14 +102,14 @@ if [[ "$GIT_LFS_VERSION" ]]; then
     exit 1
   fi
 else
-  echo "-- Skipped bundling Git LFS (set GIT_LFS_VERSION to include it in the bundle)"
+  echo "-- Skipped bundling Git LFS"
 fi
 
 GCM_VERSION="$(jq --raw-output '.["git-credential-manager"].version[1:]' dependencies.json)"
 GCM_CHECKSUM="$(jq --raw-output ".\"git-credential-manager\".files[] | select(.arch == \"$GOARCH\" and .platform == \"darwin\") | .checksum" dependencies.json)"
 GCM_URL="$(jq --raw-output ".\"git-credential-manager\".files[] | select(.arch == \"$GOARCH\" and .platform == \"darwin\") | .url" dependencies.json)"
 
-if [[ "$GCM_VERSION" && "$GCM_URL" ]]; then
+if [[ "${NO_GCM:-}" != "1" && "$GCM_VERSION" && "$GCM_URL" ]]; then
   echo "-- Bundling GCM"
   GCM_FILE=git-credential-manager.tar.gz
   echo "-- Downloading from $GCM_URL"
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ else
   if [ -z "$GCM_URL" ]; then
     echo "-- No download URL for GCM on macOS/$GOARCH, skipping bundling"
   else
-    echo "-- Skipped bundling GCM (set GCM_VERSION to include it in the bundle)"
+    echo "-- Skipped bundling GCM"
   fi
 fi
 
diff --git a/script/build-ubuntu.sh b/script/build-ubuntu.sh
index b57009c5..07e34dc1 100755
--- a/script/build-ubuntu.sh
+++ b/script/build-ubuntu.sh
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ DESTDIR="$DESTINATION" \
   make strip install
 )
 
-if [[ "$GIT_LFS_VERSION" ]]; then
+if [[ "${NO_GIT_LFS:-}" != "1" && "$GIT_LFS_VERSION" ]]; then
   echo "-- Bundling Git LFS"
   GIT_LFS_FILE=git-lfs.tar.gz
   GIT_LFS_URL="https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/releases/download/v${GIT_LFS_VERSION}/${GIT_LFS_FILENAME}"
@@ -107,10 +107,10 @@ if [[ "$GIT_LFS_VERSION" ]]; then
     exit 1
   fi
 else
-  echo "-- Skipped bundling Git LFS (set GIT_LFS_VERSION to include it in the bundle)"
+  echo "-- Skipped bundling Git LFS"
 fi
 
-if [[ "$GCM_VERSION" && "$GCM_URL" ]]; then
+if [[ "${NO_GCM:-}" != "1" && "$GCM_VERSION" && "$GCM_URL" ]]; then
   echo "-- Bundling GCM"
   GCM_FILE=git-credential-manager.tar.gz
   echo "-- Downloading from $GCM_URL"
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ else
   if [ -z "$GCM_URL" ]; then
     echo "-- No download URL for GCM on Linux/$DEPENDENCY_ARCH, skipping bundling"
   else
-    echo "-- Skipped bundling GCM (set GCM_VERSION to include it in the bundle)"
+    echo "-- Skipped bundling GCM"
   fi
 fi
 
diff --git a/script/build-win32.sh b/script/build-win32.sh
index 482101c5..8801d9fe 100755
--- a/script/build-win32.sh
+++ b/script/build-win32.sh
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 
-if [[ "$GIT_LFS_VERSION" ]]; then
+if [[ "${NO_GIT_LFS:-}" != "1" && "$GIT_LFS_VERSION" ]]; then
   # download Git LFS, verify its the right contents, and unpack it
   echo "-- Bundling Git LFS"
   GIT_LFS_FILE=git-lfs.zip
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ if [[ "$GIT_LFS_VERSION" ]]; then
     exit 1
   fi
 else
-  echo "-- Skipped bundling Git LFS (set GIT_LFS_VERSION to include it in the bundle)"
+  echo "-- Skipped bundling Git LFS"
 fi
 
 if [[ -f "$DESTINATION/etc/gitconfig" ]]; then