diff --git a/srcpkgs/cocogitto/patches/downgrade-git2.patch b/srcpkgs/cocogitto/patches/downgrade-git2.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f8eee30c536..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/cocogitto/patches/downgrade-git2.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
-index 2608ea1..b0d3282 100644
---- a/Cargo.toml
-+++ b/Cargo.toml
-@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ codegen-units = 1
- panic = "abort"
- 
- [dependencies]
--git2 = { version = "0.18.2", default-features = false, features = [] }
-+git2 = { version = "0.17", default-features = false, features = [] }
- # Do not bump anyhow, (see: https://github.com/dtolnay/anyhow/issues/353)
- anyhow = "1.0.75"
- colored = "^2"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/cocogitto/template b/srcpkgs/cocogitto/template
index 9cf450abe47..44cfee066ec 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cocogitto/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cocogitto/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'cocogitto'
 pkgname=cocogitto
 version=6.1.0
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=cargo
 build_helper=qemu
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@ checksum=756bc574f311311639723297f3dc793f7494d9b3ae375d6bc3e6e714432d08f0
 # Test suite is not atomic, relies on user environment such as git user configuration
 make_check=no
 
-post_patch() {
-	cargo update --package git2@0.18.2 --precise 0.17.2
-}
-
 post_install() {
 	local cog="${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/cog"
 	for shell in bash zsh fish; do