diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
index 0265648..cb8c48d 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]
 libselinux-python [platform:rpm]
diff --git a/vars/redhat.yaml b/vars/redhat.yaml
index b7859b4..5438cbc 100644
--- a/vars/redhat.yaml
+++ b/vars/redhat.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 __nodepool_build_depends:
   - gcc
   - gcc-c++
-  - git
   - libffi-devel
   - libxml2-devel
   - libxslt-devel
diff --git a/vars/ubuntu-trusty.yaml b/vars/ubuntu-trusty.yaml
index 77cc073..f360b19 100644
--- a/vars/ubuntu-trusty.yaml
+++ b/vars/ubuntu-trusty.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 # under the License.
 ---
 __nodepool_build_depends:
-  - git
   - libffi-dev
   - libssl-dev
   - libxml2-dev
diff --git a/vars/ubuntu-xenial.yaml b/vars/ubuntu-xenial.yaml
index 48852bb..7bad620 100644
--- a/vars/ubuntu-xenial.yaml
+++ b/vars/ubuntu-xenial.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 # under the License.
 ---
 __nodepool_build_depends:
-  - git
   - libffi-dev
   - libssl-dev
   - libxml2-dev