diff --git a/gnu/packages/build-tools.scm b/gnu/packages/build-tools.scm
index 42244b1ad4..4736641a63 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/build-tools.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/build-tools.scm
@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ (define (find-ucd-files . names)
       ;; Unicode data:
       ucd-next
       ;; Programs for the tests:
-      cppi indent git autoconf))
+      cppi indent git-minimal/pinned autoconf))
     (home-page "https://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/")
     (synopsis "Source files to share among distributions")
     (description