diff --git a/srcpkgs/eza/patches/downgrade-git2.patch b/srcpkgs/eza/patches/downgrade-git2.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 68d2c5b3bde..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/eza/patches/downgrade-git2.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
-index b76d5c3..5cb3123 100644
---- a/Cargo.toml
-+++ b/Cargo.toml
-@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ rayon = "1.10.0"
- ansi-width = "0.1.0"
- 
- [dependencies.git2]
--version = "0.19"
-+version = "0.18"
- optional = true
- default-features = false
- 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/eza/template b/srcpkgs/eza/template
index affe77b8024..eb9a6c37d09 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/eza/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/eza/template
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'eza'
 pkgname=eza
 version=0.18.24
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=cargo
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
-makedepends="libgit2-devel"
+makedepends="libgit2-1.8-devel"
 short_desc="Modern, maintained replacement for ls"
 maintainer="tranzystorekk <tranzystorek.io@protonmail.com>"
 license="MIT"
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@ post_extract() {
 	vsrcextract -C manpages --strip-components=3 man-${version}.tar.gz
 }
 
-post_patch() {
-	cargo update --package git2@0.19.0 --precise 0.18.3
-}
-
 post_install() {
 	vcompletion completions/bash/eza bash
 	vcompletion completions/fish/eza.fish fish