diff --git a/src/alpm_utils.vala b/src/alpm_utils.vala
index cfd0c83a6c2476e18a9ad0d32d8c117900097899..ff5bc1380d537909d04cfcc02f6ee98cf563a042 100644
--- a/src/alpm_utils.vala
+++ b/src/alpm_utils.vala
@@ -712,13 +712,6 @@ namespace Pamac {
 					}
 					syncdbs.next ();
 				}
-				// git is needed to build pkgs
-				if (Alpm.find_satisfier (alpm_handle.localdb.pkgcache, "git") == null) {
-					to_install += "git";
-				} else {
-					// remove the needed pkg from to_remove
-					backup_to_remove.remove ("git");
-				}
 				to_remove = {};
 				foreach (unowned string name in backup_to_remove) {
 					to_remove += name;