diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/helm/plugins/helm-git.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/helm/plugins/helm-git.nix
index d04faf440081..032ccfe8f96a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/helm/plugins/helm-git.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/helm/plugins/helm-git.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , coreutils
 , findutils
-, git
+, gitMinimal
 , gnugrep
 , gnused
 , makeWrapper
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
     patchShebangs $out/helm-git/helm-git{,-plugin.sh}
     wrapProgram $out/helm-git/helm-git \
-        --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ coreutils findutils git gnugrep gnused ]}
+        --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ coreutils findutils gitMinimal gnugrep gnused ]}
 
     runHook postInstall
   '';