diff --git a/srcpkgs/s3fs-fuse/template b/srcpkgs/s3fs-fuse/template
index 24066924be..9ea21ecb46 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/s3fs-fuse/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/s3fs-fuse/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=s3fs-fuse
 version=1.80
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--with-openssl"
+configure_args="--with-openssl ac_cv_file__git=no"
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config"
 makedepends="libressl-devel libcurl-devel fuse-devel libxml2-devel"
 short_desc="FUSE-based file system backed by Amazon S3"