diff --git a/package/bitcoin/bitcoin.mk b/package/bitcoin/bitcoin.mk
index d5e3973d9c..9d2094c02c 100644
--- a/package/bitcoin/bitcoin.mk
+++ b/package/bitcoin/bitcoin.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ BITCOIN_AUTORECONF = YES
 BITCOIN_LICENSE = MIT
 BITCOIN_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 BITCOIN_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf boost libevent
+BITCOIN_MAKE_ENV = BITCOIN_GENBUILD_NO_GIT=1
 BITCOIN_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--disable-bench \
 	--disable-wallet \