diff --git a/Documentation/meson.build b/Documentation/meson.build
index 2a26fa8a5f..6438fa6792 100644
--- a/Documentation/meson.build
+++ b/Documentation/meson.build
@@ -283,7 +283,6 @@ elif docs_backend == 'asciidoctor'
   ]
 endif
 
-git = find_program('git', required: false)
 xmlto = find_program('xmlto')
 
 cmd_lists = [
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 5bf6a914ea..930b85a6df 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1608,13 +1608,13 @@ libgit_commonmain = declare_dependency(
 bin_wrappers = [ ]
 test_dependencies = [ ]
 
-git = executable('git',
+git_builtin = executable('git',
   sources: builtin_sources + 'git.c',
   dependencies: [libgit_commonmain],
   install: true,
   install_dir: get_option('libexecdir') / 'git-core',
 )
-bin_wrappers += git
+bin_wrappers += git_builtin
 
 test_dependencies += executable('git-daemon',
   sources: 'daemon.c',
@@ -1705,7 +1705,7 @@ test_dependencies += executable('git-imap-send',
 
 foreach alias : [ 'git-receive-pack', 'git-upload-archive', 'git-upload-pack' ]
   bin_wrappers += executable(alias,
-    objects: git.extract_all_objects(recursive: false),
+    objects: git_builtin.extract_all_objects(recursive: false),
     dependencies: [libgit_commonmain],
   )