diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
index 5dce5a1..a07f209 100644
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # This is a cross-platform list tracking distribution packages needed by tests;
 # see http://docs.openstack.org/infra/bindep/ for additional information.
 
+git
 libffi-devel [platform:rpm]
 libffi-dev [platform:dpkg]
 libssl-dev [platform:dpkg]
diff --git a/vars/Debian.yaml b/vars/Debian.yaml
index 60e1ee1..a7a0dd4 100644
--- a/vars/Debian.yaml
+++ b/vars/Debian.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,5 @@
 # under the License.
 ---
 __shade_build_depends:
-  - git
   - libssl-dev
   - python-dev
diff --git a/vars/RedHat.yaml b/vars/RedHat.yaml
index 852bee3..54cfb08 100644
--- a/vars/RedHat.yaml
+++ b/vars/RedHat.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,5 @@
 # under the License.
 ---
 __shade_build_depends:
-  - git
   - openssl-devel
   - python-devel