diff --git a/core/git/build b/core/git/build
index f247de1e..9b90db02 100755
--- a/core/git/build
+++ b/core/git/build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 
-export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -static"
+export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -static"
 
 cat > config.mak <<EOF
 NO_GETTEXT=YesPlease
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ NO_PERL=YesPlease
 NO_SYS_POLL_H=1
 NO_CROSS_DIRECTORY_HARDLINKS=1
 NO_INSTALL_HARDLINKS=1
+NO_OPENSSL=YesPlease
 EOF
 
 ./configure \
diff --git a/core/git/depends b/core/git/depends
index 3f8472a3..d768ea12 100644
--- a/core/git/depends
+++ b/core/git/depends
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 curl    make
-openssl make
 zlib    make