diff --git a/srcpkgs/libgit2/template b/srcpkgs/libgit2/template
index d8040d3be1c..6fc1c6641b7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libgit2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libgit2/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=1.5.1
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DENABLE_REPRODUCIBLE_BUILDS=ON -DUSE_SSH=ON"
-hostmakedepends="python3 git pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="python3 pkg-config"
 makedepends="zlib-devel openssl-devel http-parser-devel libssh2-devel"
 short_desc="Git linkable library"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"