diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nix-plugin-pijul/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ni/nix-plugin-pijul/package.nix
index c39ef2281118..bd83cecddbd1 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nix-plugin-pijul/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ni/nix-plugin-pijul/package.nix
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     {
       stable = localRepoCheck nixVersions.stable;
       latest = localRepoCheck nixVersions.latest;
-      git = localRepoCheck nixVersions.git;
       nix_2_24 = localRepoCheck nixVersions.nix_2_24;
     };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
index 13448f986c45..62a27705aeda 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
@@ -260,18 +260,6 @@ lib.makeExtensible (
       # depend on the components they need in `nixComponents_2_26`.
       nix_2_26 = addTests "nix_2_26" self.nixComponents_2_26.nix-everything;
 
-      git = common rec {
-        version = "2.25.0";
-        suffix = "pre20241101_${lib.substring 0 8 src.rev}";
-        src = fetchFromGitHub {
-          owner = "NixOS";
-          repo = "nix";
-          rev = "2e5759e3778c460efc5f7cfc4cb0b84827b5ffbe";
-          hash = "sha256-E1Sp0JHtbD1CaGO3UbBH6QajCtOGqcrVfPSKL0n63yo=";
-        };
-        self_attribute_name = "git";
-      };
-
       latest = self.nix_2_26;
 
       # The minimum Nix version supported by Nixpkgs
@@ -305,7 +293,8 @@ lib.makeExtensible (
         ) (lib.range 4 23)
       )
       // {
-        unstable = throw "nixVersions.unstable has been removed. For bleeding edge (Nix master, roughly weekly updated) use nixVersions.git, otherwise use nixVersions.latest.";
+        unstable = throw "nixVersions.unstable has been removed. use nixVersions.latest or the nix flake.";
+        git = throw "nixVersions.git has been removed. use nixVersions.latest or the nix flake.";
       }
     )
   )
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/update-all.sh b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/update-all.sh
index 916e8122799f..7b2e647ec232 100755
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/update-all.sh
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/update-all.sh
@@ -26,9 +26,3 @@ for name in $nix_versions; do
 
     nix-update --override-filename "$SCRIPT_DIR/default.nix" --version-regex "(2\\.${minor_version}\..+)" --build --commit "nixVersions.$name"
 done
-
-commit_json=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nix/commits/master) # format: 2024-11-01T10:18:53Z
-date_of_commit=$(echo "$commit_json" | jq -r '.commit.author.date')
-suffix="pre$(date -d "$date_of_commit" +%Y%m%d)_"
-sed -i -e "s|\"pre[0-9]\{8\}_|\"$suffix|g" "$SCRIPT_DIR/default.nix"
-nix-update --override-filename "$SCRIPT_DIR/default.nix" --version branch --build --commit "nixVersions.git"
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/release-cross.nix b/pkgs/top-level/release-cross.nix
index ded7924f146f..ad45dcedb1f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/release-cross.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/release-cross.nix
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ let
     gmp = nativePlatforms;
     libcCross = nativePlatforms;
     nix = nativePlatforms;
-    nixVersions.git = nativePlatforms;
     mesa = nativePlatforms;
     rustc = nativePlatforms;
     cargo = nativePlatforms;