diff --git a/srcpkgs/git/template b/srcpkgs/git/template
index 468c9b66ced..9778cc6d46f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/git/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/git/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for "git"
 pkgname=git
-version=2.4.3
-revision=2
+version=2.4.4
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-curl --with-expat --with-tcltk --with-libpcre
  ac_cv_fread_reads_directories=no ac_cv_snprintf_returns_bogus=no"
@@ -10,13 +10,12 @@ hostmakedepends="xmlto asciidoc perl python tk"
 makedepends="libressl-devel libcurl-devel expat-devel tk-devel pcre-devel"
 # Required by https://
 depends="ca-certificates"
-replaces="git<2.3.7_1"
 short_desc="GIT Tree History Storage Tool"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="http://git-scm.com/"
 license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=f05007a9d1ef28c3d84091ddf7ce5d29c2df2272f34b4dd8b24e09274280d814
+checksum=f873b15d42281474fcba5921295d01e48a3cd3cddcbeb3d60176bf30f5f30260
 
 subpackages="git-cvs git-svn git-perl gitk git-gui git-all"
 
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@ post_install() {
 
 git-perl_package() {
 	noarch=yes
-	replaces="git<2.3.7_1"
 	depends="git-${version}_${revision} perl-Authen-SASL perl-MIME-tools perl-Net-SMTP-SSL"
 	short_desc+=" - Perl utilities"
 	pkg_install() {