diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-prefetch-scripts/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-prefetch-scripts/default.nix
index 1cdaf57a2fee..c29ffbc84924 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-prefetch-scripts/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-prefetch-scripts/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   darcs,
   findutils,
   gawk,
-  git,
+  gitMinimal,
   git-lfs,
   gnused,
   jq,
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ rec {
   nix-prefetch-git = mkPrefetchScript "git" ../../../build-support/fetchgit/nix-prefetch-git [
     findutils
     gawk
-    git
+    gitMinimal
     git-lfs
   ];
   nix-prefetch-hg = mkPrefetchScript "hg" ../../../build-support/fetchhg/nix-prefetch-hg [