diff --git a/make/archives.mk b/make/archives.mk
index 121de326..04ad0a0a 100644
--- a/make/archives.mk
+++ b/make/archives.mk
@@ -320,10 +320,6 @@ DOSFSTOOLS_VER=4.1
 $(ARCHIVE)/dosfstools-$(DOSFSTOOLS_VER).tar.xz:
 	$(WGET) https://github.com/dosfstools/dosfstools/releases/download/v$(DOSFSTOOLS_VER)/dosfstools-$(DOSFSTOOLS_VER).tar.xz
 
-GIT_VER=a3b75b3ccbc0f8128937d3b393837c2a74f2b662
-$(ARCHIVE)/git-$(GIT_VER).tar.bz2:
-	get-git-archive.sh $(GITHUB)/git/git $(GIT_VER) $(notdir $@) $(ARCHIVE)
-
 LESS_VER=487
 $(ARCHIVE)/less-$(LESS_VER).tar.gz:
 	$(WGET) http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/less-$(LESS_VER).tar.gz
diff --git a/make/devel-tools.mk b/make/devel-tools.mk
index 138ea664..6bdb1776 100644
--- a/make/devel-tools.mk
+++ b/make/devel-tools.mk
@@ -79,26 +79,6 @@ $(D)/gdb: $(ARCHIVE)/gdb-$(GDB_VER).tar.xz $(D)/zlib $(D)/libncurses | $(TARGETP
 	$(REMOVE)/gdb-$(GDB_VER)
 	touch $@
 
-# git requires libexpat-dev
-$(D)/git: $(D)/zlib $(ARCHIVE)/git-$(GIT_VER).tar.bz2 | $(TARGETPREFIX)
-	$(REMOVE)/git-$(GIT_VER)
-	$(UNTAR)/git-$(GIT_VER).tar.bz2
-	cd $(BUILD_TMP)/git-$(GIT_VER); \
-		$(MAKE) configure && \
-		$(CONFIGURE) \
-			ac_cv_fread_reads_directories=no \
-			ac_cv_snprintf_returns_bogus=no \
-			--target=$(TARGET) \
-			--prefix= \
-			--without-tcltk \
-			&& \
-		$(MAKE) && \
-		$(MAKE) install DESTDIR=$(BUILD_TMP)/git-install
-	cp -a $(BUILD_TMP)/git-install/bin/git $(TARGETPREFIX)/bin
-	cp -a $(BUILD_TMP)/git-install/share/git-core/ $(TARGETPREFIX)/share
-	$(REMOVE)/git-*
-	touch $@
-
 devel-tools: $(D)/gdb $(D)/strace
 
 PHONY += devel-tools