diff --git a/news/6225.bugfix.rst b/news/6225.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ef926c2971
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/6225.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Corrected behavior of ``pipenv install --skip-lock`` after behavioral install refactor introduced regression.  No Pipfile.lock is generated with this fix and installation of vcs no longer fails with revision missing error.
diff --git a/pipenv/routines/install.py b/pipenv/routines/install.py
index e299ef7e5f..1523fdbb67 100644
--- a/pipenv/routines/install.py
+++ b/pipenv/routines/install.py
@@ -630,15 +630,11 @@ def do_init(
                     packages=packages,
                     editable_packages=editable_packages,
                 )
-    # Write out the lockfile if it doesn't exist.
-    if not project.lockfile_exists:
+    # Write out the lockfile if it doesn't exist and skip_lock is False
+    if not project.lockfile_exists and not skip_lock:
         # Unless we're in a virtualenv not managed by pipenv, abort if we're
         # using the system's python.
-        if (
-            (system or allow_global)
-            and not (project.s.PIPENV_VIRTUALENV)
-            and skip_lock is False
-        ):
+        if (system or allow_global) and not project.s.PIPENV_VIRTUALENV:
             raise exceptions.PipenvOptionsError(
                 "--system",
                 "--system is intended to be used for Pipfile installation, "