diff --git a/git_config.py b/git_config.py
index 138470c5..8e3dfb1b 100644
--- a/git_config.py
+++ b/git_config.py
@@ -257,9 +257,11 @@ class GitConfig(object):
       finally:
         fd.close()
     except IOError:
-      os.remove(self._pickle)
+      if os.path.exists(self._pickle):
+        os.remove(self._pickle)
     except cPickle.PickleError:
-      os.remove(self._pickle)
+      if os.path.exists(self._pickle):
+        os.remove(self._pickle)
 
   def _ReadGit(self):
     """