diff --git a/git/config.py b/git/config.py
@@ -410,6 +410,7 @@ def read(self):
            # Read includes and append those that we didn't handle yet
            # We expect all paths to be normalized and absolute (and will assure that is the case)
            if self._has_includes():
                for _, include_path in self.items('include'):
                    if include_path.startswith('~'):
                        include_path = osp.expanduser(include_path)
@@ -424,8 +425,11 @@ def read(self):
                    if include_path in seen or not os.access(include_path, os.R_OK):
                        continue
                    seen.add(include_path)
-                    files_to_read.append(include_path)
                    num_read_include_files += 1
                # each include path in configuration file
            # end handle includes
        # END for each file object to read