diff --git a/git-add--interactive.perl b/git-add--interactive.perl
index 4a1e71d2e4..ab022ec073 100755
--- a/git-add--interactive.perl
+++ b/git-add--interactive.perl
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ sub add_untracked_cmd {
 sub run_git_apply {
 	my $cmd = shift;
 	my $fh;
-	open $fh, '| git ' . $cmd . " --recount --allow-overlap";
+	open $fh, '| git ' . $cmd . " --allow-overlap";
 	print $fh @_;
 	return close $fh;
 }