diff --git a/srcpkgs/delta/patches/downgrade-git2.patch b/srcpkgs/delta/patches/downgrade-git2.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f1e88ea6e3..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/delta/patches/downgrade-git2.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
-index d55c68e..b80247b 100644
---- a/Cargo.toml
-+++ b/Cargo.toml
-@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ clap_complete = "4.4.4"
- terminal-colorsaurus = "0.3.1"
- 
- [dependencies.git2]
--version = "0.18.2"
-+version = "0.17"
- default-features = false
- features = []
- 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/delta/template b/srcpkgs/delta/template
index d32063d2489..a954706638a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/delta/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/delta/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'delta'
 pkgname=delta
 version=0.17.0
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=cargo
 build_helper=qemu
 # https://github.com/dandavison/delta/issues/1637
@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@ homepage="https://github.com/dandavison/delta"
 distfiles="https://github.com/dandavison/delta/archive/refs/tags/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=1abd21587bcc1f2ef0cd342784ce990da9978bc345578e45506419e0952de714
 
-post_patch() {
-	cargo update --package git2@0.18.2 --precise 0.17.2
-}
-
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE