diff --git a/Documentation/config/remote.txt b/Documentation/config/remote.txt
index 0678b4bcfe..8efc53e836 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/remote.txt
@@ -5,10 +5,19 @@ remote.pushDefault::
 
 remote.<name>.url::
 	The URL of a remote repository.  See linkgit:git-fetch[1] or
-	linkgit:git-push[1].
+	linkgit:git-push[1]. A configured remote can have multiple URLs;
+	in this case the first is used for fetching, and all are used
+	for pushing (assuming no `remote.<name>.pushurl` is defined).
+	Setting this key to the empty string clears the list of urls,
+	allowing you to override earlier config.
 
 remote.<name>.pushurl::
 	The push URL of a remote repository.  See linkgit:git-push[1].
+	If a `pushurl` option is present in a configured remote, it
+	is used for pushing instead of `remote.<name>.url`. A configured
+	remote can have multiple push URLs; in this case a push goes to
+	all of them. Setting this key to the empty string clears the
+	list of urls, allowing you to override earlier config.
 
 remote.<name>.proxy::
 	For remotes that require curl (http, https and ftp), the URL to
diff --git a/builtin/archive.c b/builtin/archive.c
index 15ee1ec7bb..7234607aaa 100644
--- a/builtin/archive.c
+++ b/builtin/archive.c
@@ -31,9 +31,7 @@ static int run_remote_archiver(int argc, const char **argv,
 	struct packet_reader reader;
 
 	_remote = remote_get(remote);
-	if (!_remote->url[0])
-		die(_("git archive: Remote with no URL"));
-	transport = transport_get(_remote, _remote->url[0]);
+	transport = transport_get(_remote, _remote->url.v[0]);
 	transport_connect(transport, "git-upload-archive", exec, fd);
 
 	/*
diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c
index b28f88eb43..80ef2bfca8 100644
--- a/builtin/clone.c
+++ b/builtin/clone.c
@@ -1294,7 +1294,7 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	refspec_appendf(&remote->fetch, "+%s*:%s*", src_ref_prefix,
 			branch_top.buf);
 
-	path = get_repo_path(remote->url[0], &is_bundle);
+	path = get_repo_path(remote->url.v[0], &is_bundle);
 	is_local = option_local != 0 && path && !is_bundle;
 	if (is_local) {
 		if (option_depth)
@@ -1316,7 +1316,7 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (option_local > 0 && !is_local)
 		warning(_("--local is ignored"));
 
-	transport = transport_get(remote, path ? path : remote->url[0]);
+	transport = transport_get(remote, path ? path : remote->url.v[0]);
 	transport_set_verbosity(transport, option_verbosity, option_progress);
 	transport->family = family;
 	transport->cloning = 1;
diff --git a/builtin/ls-remote.c b/builtin/ls-remote.c
index 69841ed49f..debf2d4f88 100644
--- a/builtin/ls-remote.c
+++ b/builtin/ls-remote.c
@@ -112,11 +112,9 @@ int cmd_ls_remote(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			die("bad repository '%s'", dest);
 		die("No remote configured to list refs from.");
 	}
-	if (!remote->url_nr)
-		die("remote %s has no configured URL", dest);
 
 	if (get_url) {
-		printf("%s\n", *remote->url);
+		printf("%s\n", remote->url.v[0]);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -133,7 +131,7 @@ int cmd_ls_remote(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	}
 
 	if (!dest && !quiet)
-		fprintf(stderr, "From %s\n", *remote->url);
+		fprintf(stderr, "From %s\n", remote->url.v[0]);
 	for ( ; ref; ref = ref->next) {
 		struct ref_array_item *item;
 		if (!check_ref_type(ref, flags))
diff --git a/builtin/push.c b/builtin/push.c
index 2fbb31c3ad..8260c6e46a 100644
--- a/builtin/push.c
+++ b/builtin/push.c
@@ -141,16 +141,6 @@ static void set_refspecs(const char **refs, int nr, const char *repo)
 	free_refs(local_refs);
 }
 
-static int push_url_of_remote(struct remote *remote, const char ***url_p)
-{
-	if (remote->pushurl_nr) {
-		*url_p = remote->pushurl;
-		return remote->pushurl_nr;
-	}
-	*url_p = remote->url;
-	return remote->url_nr;
-}
-
 static NORETURN void die_push_simple(struct branch *branch,
 				     struct remote *remote)
 {
@@ -434,8 +424,7 @@ static int do_push(int flags,
 		   struct remote *remote)
 {
 	int i, errs;
-	const char **url;
-	int url_nr;
+	struct strvec *url;
 	struct refspec *push_refspec = &rs;
 
 	if (push_options->nr)
@@ -448,19 +437,10 @@ static int do_push(int flags,
 			setup_default_push_refspecs(&flags, remote);
 	}
 	errs = 0;
-	url_nr = push_url_of_remote(remote, &url);
-	if (url_nr) {
-		for (i = 0; i < url_nr; i++) {
-			struct transport *transport =
-				transport_get(remote, url[i]);
-			if (flags & TRANSPORT_PUSH_OPTIONS)
-				transport->push_options = push_options;
-			if (push_with_options(transport, push_refspec, flags))
-				errs++;
-		}
-	} else {
+	url = push_url_of_remote(remote);
+	for (i = 0; i < url->nr; i++) {
 		struct transport *transport =
-			transport_get(remote, NULL);
+			transport_get(remote, url->v[i]);
 		if (flags & TRANSPORT_PUSH_OPTIONS)
 			transport->push_options = push_options;
 		if (push_with_options(transport, push_refspec, flags))
diff --git a/builtin/remote.c b/builtin/remote.c
index 8230f33798..08292498bd 100644
--- a/builtin/remote.c
+++ b/builtin/remote.c
@@ -619,8 +619,8 @@ static int migrate_file(struct remote *remote)
 	int i;
 
 	strbuf_addf(&buf, "remote.%s.url", remote->name);
-	for (i = 0; i < remote->url_nr; i++)
-		git_config_set_multivar(buf.buf, remote->url[i], "^$", 0);
+	for (i = 0; i < remote->url.nr; i++)
+		git_config_set_multivar(buf.buf, remote->url.v[i], "^$", 0);
 	strbuf_reset(&buf);
 	strbuf_addf(&buf, "remote.%s.push", remote->name);
 	for (i = 0; i < remote->push.raw_nr; i++)
@@ -1002,8 +1002,7 @@ static int get_remote_ref_states(const char *name,
 		struct transport *transport;
 		const struct ref *remote_refs;
 
-		transport = transport_get(states->remote, states->remote->url_nr > 0 ?
-			states->remote->url[0] : NULL);
+		transport = transport_get(states->remote, states->remote->url.v[0]);
 		remote_refs = transport_get_remote_refs(transport, NULL);
 
 		states->queried = 1;
@@ -1213,15 +1212,15 @@ static int get_one_entry(struct remote *remote, void *priv)
 {
 	struct string_list *list = priv;
 	struct strbuf remote_info_buf = STRBUF_INIT;
-	const char **url;
-	int i, url_nr;
+	struct strvec *url;
+	int i;
 
-	if (remote->url_nr > 0) {
+	if (remote->url.nr > 0) {
 		struct strbuf promisor_config = STRBUF_INIT;
 		const char *partial_clone_filter = NULL;
 
 		strbuf_addf(&promisor_config, "remote.%s.partialclonefilter", remote->name);
-		strbuf_addf(&remote_info_buf, "%s (fetch)", remote->url[0]);
+		strbuf_addf(&remote_info_buf, "%s (fetch)", remote->url.v[0]);
 		if (!git_config_get_string_tmp(promisor_config.buf, &partial_clone_filter))
 			strbuf_addf(&remote_info_buf, " [%s]", partial_clone_filter);
 
@@ -1230,16 +1229,10 @@ static int get_one_entry(struct remote *remote, void *priv)
 				strbuf_detach(&remote_info_buf, NULL);
 	} else
 		string_list_append(list, remote->name)->util = NULL;
-	if (remote->pushurl_nr) {
-		url = remote->pushurl;
-		url_nr = remote->pushurl_nr;
-	} else {
-		url = remote->url;
-		url_nr = remote->url_nr;
-	}
-	for (i = 0; i < url_nr; i++)
+	url = push_url_of_remote(remote);
+	for (i = 0; i < url->nr; i++)
 	{
-		strbuf_addf(&remote_info_buf, "%s (push)", url[i]);
+		strbuf_addf(&remote_info_buf, "%s (push)", url->v[i]);
 		string_list_append(list, remote->name)->util =
 				strbuf_detach(&remote_info_buf, NULL);
 	}
@@ -1295,28 +1288,20 @@ static int show(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	for (; argc; argc--, argv++) {
 		int i;
-		const char **url;
-		int url_nr;
+		struct strvec *url;
 
 		get_remote_ref_states(*argv, &info.states, query_flag);
 
 		printf_ln(_("* remote %s"), *argv);
-		printf_ln(_("  Fetch URL: %s"), info.states.remote->url_nr > 0 ?
-		       info.states.remote->url[0] : _("(no URL)"));
-		if (info.states.remote->pushurl_nr) {
-			url = info.states.remote->pushurl;
-			url_nr = info.states.remote->pushurl_nr;
-		} else {
-			url = info.states.remote->url;
-			url_nr = info.states.remote->url_nr;
-		}
-		for (i = 0; i < url_nr; i++)
+		printf_ln(_("  Fetch URL: %s"), info.states.remote->url.v[0]);
+		url = push_url_of_remote(info.states.remote);
+		for (i = 0; i < url->nr; i++)
 			/*
 			 * TRANSLATORS: the colon ':' should align
 			 * with the one in " Fetch URL: %s"
 			 * translation.
 			 */
-			printf_ln(_("  Push  URL: %s"), url[i]);
+			printf_ln(_("  Push  URL: %s"), url->v[i]);
 		if (!i)
 			printf_ln(_("  Push  URL: %s"), _("(no URL)"));
 		if (no_query)
@@ -1453,10 +1438,7 @@ static int prune_remote(const char *remote, int dry_run)
 	}
 
 	printf_ln(_("Pruning %s"), remote);
-	printf_ln(_("URL: %s"),
-		  states.remote->url_nr
-		  ? states.remote->url[0]
-		  : _("(no URL)"));
+	printf_ln(_("URL: %s"), states.remote->url.v[0]);
 
 	for_each_string_list_item(item, &states.stale)
 		string_list_append(&refs_to_prune, item->util);
@@ -1622,8 +1604,7 @@ static int get_url(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	int i, push_mode = 0, all_mode = 0;
 	const char *remotename = NULL;
 	struct remote *remote;
-	const char **url;
-	int url_nr;
+	struct strvec *url;
 	struct option options[] = {
 		OPT_BOOL('\0', "push", &push_mode,
 			 N_("query push URLs rather than fetch URLs")),
@@ -1645,27 +1626,13 @@ static int get_url(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		exit(2);
 	}
 
-	url_nr = 0;
-	if (push_mode) {
-		url = remote->pushurl;
-		url_nr = remote->pushurl_nr;
-	}
-	/* else fetch mode */
-
-	/* Use the fetch URL when no push URLs were found or requested. */
-	if (!url_nr) {
-		url = remote->url;
-		url_nr = remote->url_nr;
-	}
-
-	if (!url_nr)
-		die(_("no URLs configured for remote '%s'"), remotename);
+	url = push_mode ? push_url_of_remote(remote) : &remote->url;
 
 	if (all_mode) {
-		for (i = 0; i < url_nr; i++)
-			printf_ln("%s", url[i]);
+		for (i = 0; i < url->nr; i++)
+			printf_ln("%s", url->v[i]);
 	} else {
-		printf_ln("%s", *url);
+		printf_ln("%s", url->v[0]);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1680,8 +1647,7 @@ static int set_url(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	const char *oldurl = NULL;
 	struct remote *remote;
 	regex_t old_regex;
-	const char **urlset;
-	int urlset_nr;
+	struct strvec *urlset;
 	struct strbuf name_buf = STRBUF_INIT;
 	struct option options[] = {
 		OPT_BOOL('\0', "push", &push_mode,
@@ -1718,12 +1684,10 @@ static int set_url(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	if (push_mode) {
 		strbuf_addf(&name_buf, "remote.%s.pushurl", remotename);
-		urlset = remote->pushurl;
-		urlset_nr = remote->pushurl_nr;
+		urlset = &remote->pushurl;
 	} else {
 		strbuf_addf(&name_buf, "remote.%s.url", remotename);
-		urlset = remote->url;
-		urlset_nr = remote->url_nr;
+		urlset = &remote->url;
 	}
 
 	/* Special cases that add new entry. */
@@ -1740,8 +1704,8 @@ static int set_url(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (regcomp(&old_regex, oldurl, REG_EXTENDED))
 		die(_("Invalid old URL pattern: %s"), oldurl);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < urlset_nr; i++)
-		if (!regexec(&old_regex, urlset[i], 0, NULL, 0))
+	for (i = 0; i < urlset->nr; i++)
+		if (!regexec(&old_regex, urlset->v[i], 0, NULL, 0))
 			matches++;
 		else
 			negative_matches++;
diff --git a/remote-curl.c b/remote-curl.c
index f8c6bd0826..4adcf25ed6 100644
--- a/remote-curl.c
+++ b/remote-curl.c
@@ -1576,7 +1576,7 @@ int cmd_main(int argc, const char **argv)
 	if (argc > 2) {
 		end_url_with_slash(&url, argv[2]);
 	} else {
-		end_url_with_slash(&url, remote->url[0]);
+		end_url_with_slash(&url, remote->url.v[0]);
 	}
 
 	http_init(remote, url.buf, 0);
diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index 5fab7f0970..f43cf5e7a4 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ struct counted_string {
 
 static int valid_remote(const struct remote *remote)
 {
-	return (!!remote->url) || (!!remote->foreign_vcs);
+	return !!remote->url.nr;
 }
 
-static const char *alias_url(const char *url, struct rewrites *r)
+static char *alias_url(const char *url, struct rewrites *r)
 {
 	int i, j;
 	struct counted_string *longest;
@@ -58,36 +58,43 @@ static const char *alias_url(const char *url, struct rewrites *r)
 		}
 	}
 	if (!longest)
-		return url;
+		return NULL;
 
 	return xstrfmt("%s%s", r->rewrite[longest_i]->base, url + longest->len);
 }
 
 static void add_url(struct remote *remote, const char *url)
 {
-	ALLOC_GROW(remote->url, remote->url_nr + 1, remote->url_alloc);
-	remote->url[remote->url_nr++] = url;
+	if (*url)
+		strvec_push(&remote->url, url);
+	else
+		strvec_clear(&remote->url);
 }
 
 static void add_pushurl(struct remote *remote, const char *pushurl)
 {
-	ALLOC_GROW(remote->pushurl, remote->pushurl_nr + 1, remote->pushurl_alloc);
-	remote->pushurl[remote->pushurl_nr++] = pushurl;
+	if (*pushurl)
+		strvec_push(&remote->pushurl, pushurl);
+	else
+		strvec_clear(&remote->pushurl);
 }
 
 static void add_pushurl_alias(struct remote_state *remote_state,
 			      struct remote *remote, const char *url)
 {
-	const char *pushurl = alias_url(url, &remote_state->rewrites_push);
-	if (pushurl != url)
-		add_pushurl(remote, pushurl);
+	char *alias = alias_url(url, &remote_state->rewrites_push);
+	if (alias)
+		add_pushurl(remote, alias);
+	free(alias);
 }
 
 static void add_url_alias(struct remote_state *remote_state,
 			  struct remote *remote, const char *url)
 {
-	add_url(remote, alias_url(url, &remote_state->rewrites));
+	char *alias = alias_url(url, &remote_state->rewrites);
+	add_url(remote, alias ? alias : url);
 	add_pushurl_alias(remote_state, remote, url);
+	free(alias);
 }
 
 struct remotes_hash_key {
@@ -149,18 +156,12 @@ static struct remote *make_remote(struct remote_state *remote_state,
 
 static void remote_clear(struct remote *remote)
 {
-	int i;
-
 	free((char *)remote->name);
 	free((char *)remote->foreign_vcs);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < remote->url_nr; i++)
-		free((char *)remote->url[i]);
-	FREE_AND_NULL(remote->url);
+	strvec_clear(&remote->url);
+	strvec_clear(&remote->pushurl);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < remote->pushurl_nr; i++)
-		free((char *)remote->pushurl[i]);
-	FREE_AND_NULL(remote->pushurl);
 	free((char *)remote->receivepack);
 	free((char *)remote->uploadpack);
 	FREE_AND_NULL(remote->http_proxy);
@@ -294,7 +295,7 @@ static void read_remotes_file(struct remote_state *remote_state,
 
 		if (skip_prefix(buf.buf, "URL:", &v))
 			add_url_alias(remote_state, remote,
-				      xstrdup(skip_spaces(v)));
+				      skip_spaces(v));
 		else if (skip_prefix(buf.buf, "Push:", &v))
 			refspec_append(&remote->push, skip_spaces(v));
 		else if (skip_prefix(buf.buf, "Pull:", &v))
@@ -337,7 +338,7 @@ static void read_branches_file(struct remote_state *remote_state,
 	else
 		frag = to_free = repo_default_branch_name(the_repository, 0);
 
-	add_url_alias(remote_state, remote, strbuf_detach(&buf, NULL));
+	add_url_alias(remote_state, remote, buf.buf);
 	refspec_appendf(&remote->fetch, "refs/heads/%s:refs/heads/%s",
 			frag, remote->name);
 
@@ -348,6 +349,7 @@ static void read_branches_file(struct remote_state *remote_state,
 	refspec_appendf(&remote->push, "HEAD:refs/heads/%s", frag);
 	remote->fetch_tags = 1; /* always auto-follow */
 
+	strbuf_release(&buf);
 	free(to_free);
 }
 
@@ -432,15 +434,13 @@ static int handle_config(const char *key, const char *value,
 	else if (!strcmp(subkey, "prunetags"))
 		remote->prune_tags = git_config_bool(key, value);
 	else if (!strcmp(subkey, "url")) {
-		char *v;
-		if (git_config_string(&v, key, value))
-			return -1;
-		add_url(remote, v);
+		if (!value)
+			return config_error_nonbool(key);
+		add_url(remote, value);
 	} else if (!strcmp(subkey, "pushurl")) {
-		char *v;
-		if (git_config_string(&v, key, value))
-			return -1;
-		add_pushurl(remote, v);
+		if (!value)
+			return config_error_nonbool(key);
+		add_pushurl(remote, value);
 	} else if (!strcmp(subkey, "push")) {
 		char *v;
 		if (git_config_string(&v, key, value))
@@ -493,20 +493,25 @@ static void alias_all_urls(struct remote_state *remote_state)
 		int add_pushurl_aliases;
 		if (!remote_state->remotes[i])
 			continue;
-		for (j = 0; j < remote_state->remotes[i]->pushurl_nr; j++) {
-			remote_state->remotes[i]->pushurl[j] =
-				alias_url(remote_state->remotes[i]->pushurl[j],
-					  &remote_state->rewrites);
+		for (j = 0; j < remote_state->remotes[i]->pushurl.nr; j++) {
+			char *alias = alias_url(remote_state->remotes[i]->pushurl.v[j],
+						&remote_state->rewrites);
+			if (alias)
+				strvec_replace(&remote_state->remotes[i]->pushurl,
+					       j, alias);
 		}
-		add_pushurl_aliases = remote_state->remotes[i]->pushurl_nr == 0;
-		for (j = 0; j < remote_state->remotes[i]->url_nr; j++) {
+		add_pushurl_aliases = remote_state->remotes[i]->pushurl.nr == 0;
+		for (j = 0; j < remote_state->remotes[i]->url.nr; j++) {
+			char *alias;
 			if (add_pushurl_aliases)
 				add_pushurl_alias(
 					remote_state, remote_state->remotes[i],
-					remote_state->remotes[i]->url[j]);
-			remote_state->remotes[i]->url[j] =
-				alias_url(remote_state->remotes[i]->url[j],
+					remote_state->remotes[i]->url.v[j]);
+			alias = alias_url(remote_state->remotes[i]->url.v[j],
 					  &remote_state->rewrites);
+			if (alias)
+				strvec_replace(&remote_state->remotes[i]->url,
+					       j, alias);
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -646,10 +651,10 @@ static void validate_remote_url(struct remote *remote)
 	else
 		die(_("unrecognized value transfer.credentialsInUrl: '%s'"), value);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < remote->url_nr; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < remote->url.nr; i++) {
 		struct url_info url_info = { 0 };
 
-		if (!url_normalize(remote->url[i], &url_info) ||
+		if (!url_normalize(remote->url.v[i], &url_info) ||
 		    !url_info.passwd_off)
 			goto loop_cleanup;
 
@@ -823,13 +828,18 @@ struct ref *ref_remove_duplicates(struct ref *ref_map)
 int remote_has_url(struct remote *remote, const char *url)
 {
 	int i;
-	for (i = 0; i < remote->url_nr; i++) {
-		if (!strcmp(remote->url[i], url))
+	for (i = 0; i < remote->url.nr; i++) {
+		if (!strcmp(remote->url.v[i], url))
 			return 1;
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
+struct strvec *push_url_of_remote(struct remote *remote)
+{
+	return remote->pushurl.nr ? &remote->pushurl : &remote->url;
+}
+
 static int match_name_with_pattern(const char *key, const char *name,
 				   const char *value, char **result)
 {
diff --git a/remote.h b/remote.h
index ca1458dec2..b901b56746 100644
--- a/remote.h
+++ b/remote.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "hash.h"
 #include "hashmap.h"
 #include "refspec.h"
+#include "strvec.h"
 
 struct option;
 struct transport_ls_refs_options;
@@ -68,16 +69,9 @@ struct remote {
 	char *foreign_vcs;
 
 	/* An array of all of the url_nr URLs configured for the remote */
-	const char **url;
-
-	int url_nr;
-	int url_alloc;
-
+	struct strvec url;
 	/* An array of all of the pushurl_nr push URLs configured for the remote */
-	const char **pushurl;
-
-	int pushurl_nr;
-	int pushurl_alloc;
+	struct strvec pushurl;
 
 	struct refspec push;
 
@@ -129,6 +123,7 @@ typedef int each_remote_fn(struct remote *remote, void *priv);
 int for_each_remote(each_remote_fn fn, void *priv);
 
 int remote_has_url(struct remote *remote, const char *url);
+struct strvec *push_url_of_remote(struct remote *remote);
 
 struct ref_push_report {
 	const char *ref_name;
diff --git a/t/helper/test-bundle-uri.c b/t/helper/test-bundle-uri.c
index 09dc78733c..0c5fa723d8 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-bundle-uri.c
+++ b/t/helper/test-bundle-uri.c
@@ -88,8 +88,6 @@ static int cmd_ls_remote(int argc, const char **argv)
 			die(_("bad repository '%s'"), dest);
 		die(_("no remote configured to get bundle URIs from"));
 	}
-	if (!remote->url_nr)
-		die(_("remote '%s' has no configured URL"), dest);
 
 	transport = transport_get(remote, NULL);
 	if (transport_get_remote_bundle_uri(transport) < 0) {
diff --git a/t/t5505-remote.sh b/t/t5505-remote.sh
index 7789ff12c4..08424e878e 100755
--- a/t/t5505-remote.sh
+++ b/t/t5505-remote.sh
@@ -1492,4 +1492,40 @@ test_expect_success 'refs/remotes/* <src> refspec and unqualified <dst> DWIM and
 	)
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'empty config clears remote.*.url list' '
+	test_when_finished "git config --remove-section remote.multi" &&
+	git config --add remote.multi.url wrong-one &&
+	git config --add remote.multi.url wrong-two &&
+	git -c remote.multi.url= \
+	    -c remote.multi.url=right-one \
+	    -c remote.multi.url=right-two \
+	    remote show -n multi >actual.raw &&
+	grep URL actual.raw >actual &&
+	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+	  Fetch URL: right-one
+	  Push  URL: right-one
+	  Push  URL: right-two
+	EOF
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'empty config clears remote.*.pushurl list' '
+	test_when_finished "git config --remove-section remote.multi" &&
+	git config --add remote.multi.url right &&
+	git config --add remote.multi.url will-be-ignored &&
+	git config --add remote.multi.pushurl wrong-push-one &&
+	git config --add remote.multi.pushurl wrong-push-two &&
+	git -c remote.multi.pushurl= \
+	    -c remote.multi.pushurl=right-push-one \
+	    -c remote.multi.pushurl=right-push-two \
+	    remote show -n multi >actual.raw &&
+	grep URL actual.raw >actual &&
+	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+	  Fetch URL: right
+	  Push  URL: right-push-one
+	  Push  URL: right-push-two
+	EOF
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t5801-remote-helpers.sh b/t/t5801-remote-helpers.sh
index 4e0a77f985..20f43f7b7d 100755
--- a/t/t5801-remote-helpers.sh
+++ b/t/t5801-remote-helpers.sh
@@ -38,6 +38,29 @@ test_expect_success 'cloning from local repo' '
 	test_cmp server/file local/file
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'clone with remote.*.vcs config' '
+	GIT_TRACE=$PWD/vcs-clone.trace \
+	git clone --no-local -c remote.origin.vcs=testgit "$PWD/server" vcs-clone &&
+	test_grep remote-testgit vcs-clone.trace
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'fetch with configured remote.*.vcs' '
+	git init vcs-fetch &&
+	git -C vcs-fetch config remote.origin.vcs testgit &&
+	git -C vcs-fetch config remote.origin.url "$PWD/server" &&
+	GIT_TRACE=$PWD/vcs-fetch.trace \
+	git -C vcs-fetch fetch origin &&
+	test_grep remote-testgit vcs-fetch.trace
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'vcs remote with no url' '
+	NOURL_UPSTREAM=$PWD/server &&
+	export NOURL_UPSTREAM &&
+	git init vcs-nourl &&
+	git -C vcs-nourl config remote.origin.vcs nourl &&
+	git -C vcs-nourl fetch origin
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'create new commit on remote' '
 	(cd server &&
 	 echo content >>file &&
diff --git a/t/t5801/git-remote-nourl b/t/t5801/git-remote-nourl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..09be6013c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t5801/git-remote-nourl
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+exec git-remote-testgit "$1" "$NOURL_UPSTREAM"
diff --git a/t/t5801/git-remote-testgit b/t/t5801/git-remote-testgit
index c5b10f5775..f8b476499f 100755
--- a/t/t5801/git-remote-testgit
+++ b/t/t5801/git-remote-testgit
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ then
 	t_refspec=""
 fi
 
-GIT_DIR="$url/.git"
+unset $(git rev-parse --local-env-vars)
+GIT_DIR=$(git -C "$url" rev-parse --absolute-git-dir)
 export GIT_DIR
 
 force=
diff --git a/transport.c b/transport.c
index b9c8827ed9..139721a990 100644
--- a/transport.c
+++ b/transport.c
@@ -1114,6 +1114,7 @@ static struct transport_vtable builtin_smart_vtable = {
 struct transport *transport_get(struct remote *remote, const char *url)
 {
 	const char *helper;
+	const char *p;
 	struct transport *ret = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*ret));
 
 	ret->progress = isatty(2);
@@ -1129,19 +1130,15 @@ struct transport *transport_get(struct remote *remote, const char *url)
 	ret->remote = remote;
 	helper = remote->foreign_vcs;
 
-	if (!url && remote->url)
-		url = remote->url[0];
+	if (!url)
+		url = remote->url.v[0];
 	ret->url = url;
 
-	/* maybe it is a foreign URL? */
-	if (url) {
-		const char *p = url;
-
-		while (is_urlschemechar(p == url, *p))
-			p++;
-		if (starts_with(p, "::"))
-			helper = xstrndup(url, p - url);
-	}
+	p = url;
+	while (is_urlschemechar(p == url, *p))
+		p++;
+	if (starts_with(p, "::"))
+		helper = xstrndup(url, p - url);
 
 	if (helper) {
 		transport_helper_init(ret, helper);