diff --git a/build/tasks/build-task.coffee b/build/tasks/build-task.coffee
index 87c1d2576..29af1243d 100644
--- a/build/tasks/build-task.coffee
+++ b/build/tasks/build-task.coffee
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ module.exports = (grunt) ->
     # Put any paths here that shouldn't end up in the built Electron.app
     # so that it doesn't becomes larger than it needs to be.
     ignoredPaths = [
-      path.join('git-utils', 'deps')
       path.join('less', 'dist')
       path.join('npm', 'doc')
       path.join('npm', 'html')
@@ -120,7 +119,6 @@ module.exports = (grunt) ->
 
     # Ignore *.cc and *.h files from native modules
     ignoredPaths.push "#{escapeRegExp(path.join('ctags', 'src') + path.sep)}.*\\.(cc|h)*"
-    ignoredPaths.push "#{escapeRegExp(path.join('git-utils', 'src') + path.sep)}.*\\.(cc|h)*"
     ignoredPaths.push "#{escapeRegExp(path.join('keytar', 'src') + path.sep)}.*\\.(cc|h)*"
     ignoredPaths.push "#{escapeRegExp(path.join('nslog', 'src') + path.sep)}.*\\.(cc|h)*"
     ignoredPaths.push "#{escapeRegExp(path.join('pathwatcher', 'src') + path.sep)}.*\\.(cc|h)*"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d3c06ec1c..4fb5daca0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
     "fs-plus": "^2.3.2",
     "fstream": "0.1.24",
     "fuzzaldrin": "^2.1",
-    "git-utils": "^3.0.0",
     "grim": "1.1.0",
     "guid": "0.0.10",
     "inflection": "^1.7",