diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/gitstatus/romkatv_libgit2.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/gitstatus/romkatv_libgit2.nix
index f8aae5da0473..22f35e22fb54 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/gitstatus/romkatv_libgit2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/gitstatus/romkatv_libgit2.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{fetchFromGitHub, libgit2_0_27, ...}:
+{fetchFromGitHub, libgit2, ...}:
 
-libgit2_0_27.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: rec {
+libgit2.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: rec {
   cmakeFlags = oldAttrs.cmakeFlags ++ [
     "-DUSE_BUNDLED_ZLIB=ON"
     "-DUSE_ICONV=OFF"
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/grv/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/grv/default.nix
index 32c163c45c41..b7828418db07 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/grv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/grv/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-{ stdenv, buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub, curl, libgit2_0_27, ncurses, pkgconfig, readline }:
+{ stdenv, buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub, curl, libgit2, ncurses, pkgconfig, readline }:
 let
   version = "0.3.1";
 in
 buildGoPackage {
   name = "grv-${version}";
 
-  buildInputs = [ ncurses readline curl libgit2_0_27 ];
+  buildInputs = [ ncurses readline curl libgit2 ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
 
   goPackagePath = "github.com/rgburke/grv";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/git2/0.27.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/git2/0.27.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 510f53f24b17..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/git2/0.27.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, pkgconfig, python
-, zlib, libssh2, openssl, http-parser, curl
-, libiconv, Security
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "0.27.8";
-  name = "libgit2-${version}";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "libgit2";
-    repo = "libgit2";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0wzx8nkyy9m7mx6cks58chjd4289vjsw97mxm9w6f1ggqsfnmbr9";
-  };
-
-  cmakeFlags = [ "-DTHREADSAFE=ON" ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake python pkgconfig ];
-
-  buildInputs = [ zlib libssh2 openssl http-parser curl ]
-    ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin Security;
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = stdenv.lib.optional (!stdenv.isLinux) libiconv;
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  doCheck = false; # hangs. or very expensive?
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "The Git linkable library";
-    homepage = https://libgit2.github.com/;
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
-    platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; all;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/git2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/git2/default.nix
index 358fc31fc80f..514d21def1e0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/git2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/git2/default.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkgconfig, cmake
-, zlib, python, libssh2, openssl, curl, http-parser
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, pkgconfig, python
+, zlib, libssh2, openssl, http-parser, curl
 , libiconv, Security
 }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
-  name = "libgit2-${version}";
-  version = "0.26.6";
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "libgit2";
+  version = "0.27.8";
   # keep the version in sync with pythonPackages.pygit2 and libgit2-glib
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "libgit2";
     repo = "libgit2";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "17pjvprmdrx4h6bb1hhc98w9qi6ki7yl57f090n9kbhswxqfs7s3";
+    sha256 = "0wzx8nkyy9m7mx6cks58chjd4289vjsw97mxm9w6f1ggqsfnmbr9";
   };
 
   cmakeFlags = [ "-DTHREADSAFE=ON" ];
@@ -22,17 +22,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
   buildInputs = [ zlib libssh2 openssl http-parser curl ]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin Security;
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = stdenv.lib.optional (!stdenv.isLinux) [ libiconv ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = stdenv.lib.optional (!stdenv.isLinux) libiconv;
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   doCheck = false; # hangs. or very expensive?
 
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "The Git linkable library";
     homepage = https://libgit2.github.com/;
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
-    platforms = with platforms; all;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; all;
   };
-} // stdenv.lib.optionalAttrs (!stdenv.isLinux) {
-})
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygit2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygit2/default.nix
index 2334e4a3431b..313a3e5ab189 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygit2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygit2/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, fetchpatch, isPyPy, libgit2_0_27, six, cffi }:
+{ stdenv, lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, fetchpatch, isPyPy, libgit2, six, cffi }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pygit2";
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   };
 
   preConfigure = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
-    export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="${libgit2_0_27}/lib"
+    export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="${libgit2}/lib"
   '';
 
   patches = [ (fetchpatch {
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "18x1fpmywhjjr4lvakwmy34zpxfqi8pqqj48g1wcib39lh3s7l4f";
   }) ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ libgit2_0_27 six ] ++ lib.optional (!isPyPy) cffi;
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ libgit2 six ] ++ lib.optional (!isPyPy) cffi;
 
   preCheck = ''
     # disable tests that require networking
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b599c17f8019..c1517d9aee08 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1083,9 +1083,7 @@ in
 
   blockdiag = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication blockdiag;
 
-  blsd = callPackage ../tools/misc/blsd {
-    libgit2 = libgit2_0_27;
-  };
+  blsd = callPackage ../tools/misc/blsd { };
 
   bluez-alsa = callPackage ../tools/bluetooth/bluez-alsa { };
 
@@ -10512,10 +10510,6 @@ in
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Security;
   };
 
-  libgit2_0_27 = callPackage ../development/libraries/git2/0.27.nix {
-    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Security;
-  };
-
   libgit2-glib = callPackage ../development/libraries/libgit2-glib { };
 
   glbinding = callPackage ../development/libraries/glbinding { };