diff --git a/pkg/downloader/git_downloader.go b/pkg/downloader/git_downloader.go
index a6b8694bb..28f7c42fe 100644
--- a/pkg/downloader/git_downloader.go
+++ b/pkg/downloader/git_downloader.go
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ func (g *GitDownloader) ensureGitDirIgnored(repoPath string) error {
 // DownloadTo will create a temp directory, then fetch a git repo into it.
 // The git repo will be archived into a chart and copied to the destPath.
 func (g *GitDownloader) DownloadTo(gitURL string, ref string, destPath string) error {
-	// the git archive command returns a tgz archive. we need to extract it to get the actual chart files.
 	tmpDir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "helm")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/pkg/downloader/manager.go b/pkg/downloader/manager.go
index f2d4494aa..ffbcb4c11 100644
--- a/pkg/downloader/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/downloader/manager.go
@@ -491,6 +491,11 @@ Loop:
 			continue
 		}
 
+		// If repo is from git url, continue
+		if strings.HasPrefix(dd.Repository, "git:") {
+			continue
+		}
+
 		if dd.Repository == "" {
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/gitutil/gitutil_test.go b/pkg/gitutil/gitutil_test.go
index cd61719c3..fdecaa27c 100644
--- a/pkg/gitutil/gitutil_test.go
+++ b/pkg/gitutil/gitutil_test.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Please make sure you have the correct access rights
 and the repository exists.`
 	}
 
-	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, result)
+	fmt.Fprint(os.Stdout, result)
 	os.Exit(exitCode)
 }