diff --git a/src/nix/local.mk b/src/nix/local.mk
index 69b79c471..0f2f016ec 100644
--- a/src/nix/local.mk
+++ b/src/nix/local.mk
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ nix_CXXFLAGS += -I src/libutil -I src/libstore -I src/libfetchers -I src/libexpr
 
 nix_LIBS = libexpr libmain libfetchers libstore libutil libcmd
 
-nix_LDFLAGS = -pthread $(SODIUM_LIBS) $(EDITLINE_LIBS) $(BOOST_LDFLAGS) $(LOWDOWN_LIBS) -lgit2
+nix_LDFLAGS = -pthread $(SODIUM_LIBS) $(EDITLINE_LIBS) $(BOOST_LDFLAGS) $(LOWDOWN_LIBS)
 
 $(foreach name, \
   nix-build nix-channel nix-collect-garbage nix-copy-closure nix-daemon nix-env nix-hash nix-instantiate nix-prefetch-url nix-shell nix-store, \