diff --git a/roles/prepare-workspace-git/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/prepare-workspace-git/tasks/main.yaml
index c367d4c13..9b0715d51 100644
--- a/roles/prepare-workspace-git/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/prepare-workspace-git/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-- name: Ensure git is installed
-  package:
-    name: git
-    state: present
-  become: yes
-
 - name: Find locally cached git repos
   stat:
     path: "{{ cached_repos_root }}/{{ zj_project.canonical_name }}"