diff --git a/manifests/install/puppet_gem.pp b/manifests/install/puppet_gem.pp
index 54bb717c..39887835 100644
--- a/manifests/install/puppet_gem.pp
+++ b/manifests/install/puppet_gem.pp
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # This class links the r10k binary for Puppet FOSS 4.2 and up
 class r10k::install::puppet_gem {
-  require git
 
   if versioncmp("${::puppetversion}", '4.2.0') >= 0 { #lint:ignore:only_variable_string
     file { '/usr/bin/r10k':
diff --git a/spec/classes/install_spec.rb b/spec/classes/install_spec.rb
index ecd0c007..d834b844 100644
--- a/spec/classes/install_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/install_spec.rb
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
           }
         end
 
-        it { is_expected.to contain_class('git') }
+        it { is_expected.not_to contain_class('git') }
         it { is_expected.to contain_class('r10k::install::puppet_gem') }
         it do
           is_expected.to contain_package('r10k').with(