diff --git a/gnu/packages/wm.scm b/gnu/packages/wm.scm
index 3c0d14efa8..1152433dae 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/wm.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/wm.scm
@@ -1477,8 +1477,7 @@ (define-public swaybg
     (inputs `(("cairo" ,cairo)
               ("gdk-pixbuf" ,gdk-pixbuf)
               ("wayland" ,wayland)))
-    (native-inputs `(("git" ,git)
-                     ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
+    (native-inputs `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
                      ("scdoc" ,scdoc)
                      ("wayland-protocols" ,wayland-protocols)))
     (home-page "https://github.com/swaywm/sway")