diff --git a/srcpkgs/git-cliff/patches/downgrade-git2.patch b/srcpkgs/git-cliff/patches/downgrade-git2.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 258d95adffd..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/git-cliff/patches/downgrade-git2.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/git-cliff-core/Cargo.toml b/git-cliff-core/Cargo.toml
-index d7611bc..f88a763 100644
---- a/git-cliff-core/Cargo.toml
-+++ b/git-cliff-core/Cargo.toml
-@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ futures = { version = "0.3.30", optional = true }
- url = "2.5.0"
- 
- [dependencies.git2]
--version = "0.18.2"
-+version = "0.17"
- default-features = false
- optional = true
- 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/git-cliff/template b/srcpkgs/git-cliff/template
index cbb5a4852e9..c9f0b362c51 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/git-cliff/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/git-cliff/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'git-cliff'
 pkgname=git-cliff
 version=2.1.2
-revision=1
+revision=2
 archs="x86_64* i686* aarch64* arm*" # ring
 build_style=cargo
 build_helper=qemu
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@ changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/orhun/git-cliff/main/CHANGELOG.md"
 distfiles="https://github.com/orhun/git-cliff/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=1c321b180b071ccfa8986931576fc02ca4dbc75dff035e4c663c2cfb8ecd4683
 
-post_patch() {
-	cargo update --package git2@0.18.2 --precise 0.17.2
-}
-
 post_install() {
 	vdoc README.md