TERM=dumb
 export LANG LC_ALL PAGER TERM TZ
 EDITOR=:
-VISUAL=:
+unset VISUAL
 unset GIT_EDITOR
 unset AUTHOR_DATE
 unset AUTHOR_EMAIL
 export GIT_MERGE_VERBOSITY
 export GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL GIT_AUTHOR_NAME
 export GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL GIT_COMMITTER_NAME
-export EDITOR VISUAL
+export EDITOR
 GIT_TEST_CMP=${GIT_TEST_CMP:-diff -u}
 
 # Protect ourselves from common misconfiguration to export
 test_set_editor () {
        FAKE_EDITOR="$1"
        export FAKE_EDITOR
-       VISUAL='"$FAKE_EDITOR"'
-       export VISUAL
+       EDITOR='"$FAKE_EDITOR"'
+       export EDITOR
 }
 
 test_tick () {