diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/ceph/generic.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/ceph/generic.nix
index 659f9e04901..fe54922b0d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/ceph/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/ceph/generic.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, autoconf, automake, makeWrapper, pkgconfig, libtool, which
-, boost, python, pythonPackages, libxml2
+, boost, python, pythonPackages, libxml2, git
 
 # Optional Dependencies
 , snappy ? null, leveldb ? null, yasm ? null, fcgi ? null, expat ? null
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   buildInputs = buildInputs ++ cryptoLibsMap.${cryptoStr} ++ [
     boost python libxml2 yasm libatomic_ops libs3 malloc pythonPackages.flask
   ] ++ optional (versionAtLeast version "0.95") [
-    pythonPackages.sphinx
+    git                   # Used for the gitversion string
+    pythonPackages.sphinx # Used for docs
   ] ++ optional stdenv.isLinux [
     linuxHeaders libuuid udev keyutils libaio libxfs zfs
   ] ++ optional hasServer [
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/ceph/git.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/ceph/git.nix
index 71421020d81..8aa4bbd34bb 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/ceph/git.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/ceph/git.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,4 @@ callPackage ./generic.nix (args // rec {
     rev = "89262abc53e324f3ef4d504473a4f1d6eb337c20";
     sha256 = "0d6hlk1nwgx9cdhvppggz6sbjc1jl8j26l9739qspw1sviac5lcb";
   };
-
-  buildInputs = [ git ];
 })