diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/zo/zotero/avoid-git.patch b/pkgs/by-name/zo/zotero/avoid-git.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7bfed744434e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/zo/zotero/avoid-git.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+diff --git a/app/scripts/dir_build b/app/scripts/dir_build
+index 493288ad47..e357770ced 100755
+--- a/app/scripts/dir_build
++++ b/app/scripts/dir_build
+@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ else
+ 	fi
+ fi
+ 
+-CHANNEL="source"
++CHANNEL="release"
+ 
+-hash=$(git -C "$ROOT_DIR" rev-parse --short HEAD)
++hash=""
+ 
+ build_dir=$(mktemp -d)
+ cleanup() { rm -rf "$build_dir"; }
+diff --git a/js-build/note-editor.js b/js-build/note-editor.js
+index 1435730342..6eebb10c50 100644
+--- a/js-build/note-editor.js
++++ b/js-build/note-editor.js
+@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ async function getZoteroNoteEditor(signatures) {
+ 
+ 	const modulePath = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'note-editor');
+ 
+-	const { stdout } = await exec('git rev-parse HEAD', { cwd: modulePath });
+-	const hash = stdout.trim();
++	const hash = '';
+ 
+ 	if (!('note-editor' in signatures) || signatures['note-editor'].hash !== hash) {
+ 		const targetDir = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'build', 'resource', 'note-editor');
+diff --git a/js-build/pdf-worker.js b/js-build/pdf-worker.js
+index b820304f3a..6bbd0708c9 100644
+--- a/js-build/pdf-worker.js
++++ b/js-build/pdf-worker.js
+@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ async function getPDFWorker(signatures) {
+ 
+ 	const modulePath = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'pdf-worker');
+ 
+-	const { stdout } = await exec('git rev-parse HEAD', { cwd: modulePath });
+-	const hash = stdout.trim();
++	const hash = '';
+ 
+ 	if (!('pdf-worker' in signatures) || signatures['pdf-worker'].hash !== hash) {
+ 		const targetDir = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'build', 'chrome', 'content', 'zotero', 'xpcom', 'pdfWorker');
+diff --git a/js-build/reader.js b/js-build/reader.js
+index 67a02a3ad2..2127f680df 100644
+--- a/js-build/reader.js
++++ b/js-build/reader.js
+@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ async function getReader(signatures) {
+ 
+ 	const modulePath = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'reader');
+ 	
+-	const { stdout } = await exec('git rev-parse HEAD', { cwd: modulePath });
+-	const hash = stdout.trim();
++	const hash = '';
+ 	
+ 	if (!('reader' in signatures) || signatures['reader'].hash !== hash) {
+ 		const targetDir = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'build', 'resource', 'reader');
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/zo/zotero/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/zo/zotero/package.nix
index ffe8b1f8b2d1..48aac7ce667d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/zo/zotero/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/zo/zotero/package.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
   fetchFromGitHub,
   buildNpmPackage,
   nodejs_22,
-  git,
   perl,
   python3,
   zip,
@@ -29,9 +28,8 @@ let
     owner = "zotero";
     repo = "zotero";
     tag = version;
-    hash = "sha256-vjGTlb4LM7wjOZqD/VsHXX59EA1f9a3LDz+Mgo4wHb0=";
+    hash = "sha256-SG5fTsQgtVX8Pmla2W91sETSR1D7ThmnrdUQwycNsPA=";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
-    leaveDotGit = true;
   };
 
   pdf-js = buildNpmPackage {
@@ -164,7 +162,6 @@ buildNpmPackage rec {
   npmDepsHash = "sha256-IVaT/O83kCGT7MGsTSblMKfVWeNBIpA9VJIWyikJrpk=";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
-    git
     perl
     python3
     zip
@@ -176,6 +173,7 @@ buildNpmPackage rec {
   ];
 
   patches = [
+    ./avoid-git.patch
     ./js-build-fixes.patch
     ./avoid-xulrunner-fetch.patch
     ./build-fixes.patch