diff --git a/git-send-email.perl b/git-send-email.perl
index 5a7c29db93..aca0225e56 100755
--- a/git-send-email.perl
+++ b/git-send-email.perl
@@ -753,16 +753,11 @@ if (!$force) {
 	}
 }
 
-my $prompting = 0;
 if (!defined $sender) {
 	$sender = $repoauthor || $repocommitter || '';
-	$sender = ask("Who should the emails appear to be from? [$sender] ",
-	              default => $sender,
-		      valid_re => qr/\@.*\./, confirm_only => 1);
-	print "Emails will be sent from: ", $sender, "\n";
-	$prompting++;
 }
 
+my $prompting = 0;
 if (!@initial_to && !defined $to_cmd) {
 	my $to = ask("Who should the emails be sent to (if any)? ",
 		     default => "",
diff --git a/t/t9001-send-email.sh b/t/t9001-send-email.sh
index 6c6af7d13f..c5d66cf386 100755
--- a/t/t9001-send-email.sh
+++ b/t/t9001-send-email.sh
@@ -191,14 +191,13 @@ test_expect_success $PREREQ 'Show all headers' '
 
 test_expect_success $PREREQ 'Prompting works' '
 	clean_fake_sendmail &&
-	(echo "Example <from@example.com>"
-	 echo "to@example.com"
+	(echo "to@example.com"
 	 echo ""
 	) | GIT_SEND_EMAIL_NOTTY=1 git send-email \
 		--smtp-server="$(pwd)/fake.sendmail" \
 		$patches \
 		2>errors &&
-		grep "^From: Example <from@example.com>\$" msgtxt1 &&
+		grep "^From: A U Thor <author@example.com>\$" msgtxt1 &&
 		grep "^To: to@example.com\$" msgtxt1
 '