diff --git a/srcpkgs/lsd/patches/downgrade-git2.patch b/srcpkgs/lsd/patches/downgrade-git2.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 749ce03865a..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/lsd/patches/downgrade-git2.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
-index 1fa32ac..815cbda 100644
---- a/Cargo.toml
-+++ b/Cargo.toml
-@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ xdg = "2.5"
- 
- [target."cfg(not(all(windows, target_arch = \"x86\", target_env = \"gnu\")))".dependencies]
- # if ssl feature is enabled compilation will fail on arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf and i686-pc-windows-gnu
--git2 = { version = "0.18", optional = true, default-features = false }
-+git2 = { version = "0.17", optional = true, default-features = false }
- 
- [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
- users = { version = "0.11.3", package = "uzers" }
diff --git a/srcpkgs/lsd/template b/srcpkgs/lsd/template
index cfc9a72cad2..d2b342d3de0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lsd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/lsd/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'lsd'
 pkgname=lsd
 version=1.1.2
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=cargo
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="libgit2-devel"
@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@ fi
 
 export SHELL_COMPLETIONS_DIR="${wrksrc}"
 
-post_patch() {
-	cargo update --package git2@0.18.2 --precise 0.17.2
-}
-
 post_install() {
 	vcompletion lsd.bash bash
 	vcompletion lsd.fish fish