diff --git a/functions/vcs.zsh b/functions/vcs.zsh
index 321424c..4cd778a 100755
--- a/functions/vcs.zsh
+++ b/functions/vcs.zsh
@@ -8,35 +8,19 @@
 
 set_default POWERLEVEL9K_VCS_SHOW_SUBMODULE_DIRTY false
 function +vi-git-untracked() {
-    [[ -z "${vcs_comm[gitdir]}" ]] && return
+    [[ -z "${vcs_comm[gitdir]}" || "${vcs_comm[gitdir]}" == "." ]] && return
+    # If we are in a .git folder, do not check for untracked files.
+    [[ "${PWD:A}" =~ "\.git/" ]] && return
 
-    # If we are in a repos root folder, vcs_comm[gitdir] yields ".git".
-    # Inside the .git dir itself (and not a subdir of it) the variable
-    # yields ".". In any other case (either a subdirectory of .git or
-    # the repo itself), the value of vcs_comm[gitdir] is the absolute
-    # path to the .git directory.
-    # Therefore we can step up a directory, if we are inside the .git
-    # folder. And in any other case, use the parent directory of the
-    # gitdir.
-    local repoDir="."
-    # Getting the parent dir of the current dir "." is still ".", so
-    # is is safe to do this always.
-    [[ "${vcs_comm[gitdir]}" != ".git" ]] && repoDir="${vcs_comm[gitdir]:h}"
-    [[ "${vcs_comm[gitdir]}" == "." ]] && repoDir=".."
-
-    if [[ "$POWERLEVEL9K_VCS_SHOW_SUBMODULE_DIRTY" == "true" && "$(cd ${repoDir} && command git submodule foreach --quiet --recursive 'command git ls-files --others --exclude-standard')" != "" ]]; then
+    if [[ "$POWERLEVEL9K_VCS_SHOW_SUBMODULE_DIRTY" == "true" && "$(command git submodule foreach --quiet --recursive 'command git ls-files --others --exclude-standard')" != "" ]]; then
         hook_com[unstaged]+=" $(print_icon 'VCS_UNTRACKED_ICON')"
         VCS_WORKDIR_HALF_DIRTY=true
-    elif [[ "$(cd ${repoDir} && command git ls-files --others --exclude-standard)" != "" ]]; then
+    elif [[ "$(command git ls-files --others --exclude-standard)" != "" ]]; then
         hook_com[unstaged]+=" $(print_icon 'VCS_UNTRACKED_ICON')"
         VCS_WORKDIR_HALF_DIRTY=true
     else
         VCS_WORKDIR_HALF_DIRTY=false
     fi
-
-    # If we are in any other directory than the repo root, we want
-    # to go back a directory.
-    [[ "${vcs_comm[gitdir]}" != ".git" ]] && cd - >/dev/null
 }
 
 function +vi-git-aheadbehind() {