diff --git a/srcpkgs/git-python b/srcpkgs/git-python
deleted file mode 120000
index 0899c2993da..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/git-python
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-git
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/git/template b/srcpkgs/git/template
index 3b2892fedc7..6467080d977 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/git/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/git/template
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 # Template build file for "git".
 pkgname=git
-version=1.8.4.3
+version=1.8.5.1
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-curl --with-expat --without-tcltk
  ac_cv_fread_reads_directories=no ac_cv_snprintf_returns_bogus=no"
 make_install_args="NO_INSTALL_HARDLINKS=1"
-hostmakedepends="xmlto>=0.0.25_2 asciidoc perl"
-makedepends="openssl-devel libcurl-devel expat-devel python-devel"
+hostmakedepends="xmlto>=0.0.25_2 asciidoc perl python"
+makedepends="openssl-devel libcurl-devel expat-devel"
 short_desc="GIT Tree History Storage Tool"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://git-scm.com/"
 license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="http://git-core.googlecode.com/files/git-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=0a78fa71465e58e07d003dc5a575b606fe02b5e7cd5b509d83a44926606fcb21
+checksum=1559c4d7af0377ea3133c6dfccc2f32a25bcc8e3255464f4a36ab87416f8ee44
 
 post_build() {
 	make ${makejobs} -C Documentation man
@@ -35,16 +35,6 @@ git-docs_package() {
 	}
 }
 
-git-python_package() {
-	noarch=yes
-	pycompile_module="git_remote_helpers"
-	depends="git python"
-	short_desc+=" - python bindings"
-	pkg_install() {
-		vmove "usr/lib/python*"
-	}
-}
-
 git-perl_package() {
 	noarch=yes
 	depends="git perl"