diff --git a/templates/git/template b/templates/git/template
index 3670f74db9..535bda322c 100644
--- a/templates/git/template
+++ b/templates/git/template
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 # Template build file for 'git".
 pkgname=git
-version=1.6.0.5
+version=1.6.1.2
 distfiles="
 http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 make_env="CURLDIR=$XBPS_MASTERDIR THREADED_DELTA_SEARCH=1"
-configure_args="--with-shell=/bin/sh --with-perl=$XBPS_MASTERDIR/usr/bin/perl
- --with-curl --without-tcltk --with-expat"
+configure_args="--with-shell=/bin/sh --with-curl --with-expat --without-tcltk"
 short_desc="GIT Tree History Storage Tool"
 maintainer="Daniel Horecki <morr@morr.pl>"
-checksum=c8b7f31ea33a8a9ce2728bfc8ec474e9f4a84139d176f0df7678d52b3bf7056d
+checksum=5b943fdfd8d347e59dda6c7547342ccdbc7c40aa1a24344e09bdce18dde8b4dd
 long_desc="
  GIT is a \"directory content manager\" designed to handle absolutely massive
  projects with speed and efficiency, and the release of the 2.6.12 (and later)