diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ko/ko/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ko/ko/package.nix
index a59046b9dd20..c16bb3de59b5 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ko/ko/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ko/ko/package.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   buildGoModule,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  git,
+  gitMinimal,
   installShellFiles,
 }:
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     "-skip=TestNewPublisherCanPublish"
   ];
 
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ git ];
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ gitMinimal ];
   preCheck = ''
     # Feed in all the tests for testing
     # This is because subPackages above limits what is built to just what we