diff --git a/doc/makepkg.8.asciidoc b/doc/makepkg.8.asciidoc
index b7b6d044..a2ad5279 100644
--- a/doc/makepkg.8.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/makepkg.8.asciidoc
@@ -297,9 +297,6 @@ Environment Variables
 **BUILDTOOLVER=**"<version>"::
 	The version of the '$BUILDTOOL' used.
 
-**GITFLAGS**::
-	The options to pass when checking out git sources, replacing the default
-        "--mirror".
 
 Configuration
 -------------
diff --git a/scripts/libmakepkg/source/git.sh.in b/scripts/libmakepkg/source/git.sh.in
index dbe844a0..5f700a09 100644
--- a/scripts/libmakepkg/source/git.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/libmakepkg/source/git.sh.in
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ download_git() {
 
 	if [[ ! -d "$dir" ]] || dir_is_empty "$dir" ; then
 		msg2 "$(gettext "Cloning %s %s repo...")" "${repo}" "git"
-		if ! git clone --origin=origin ${GITFLAGS:---mirror} "$url" "$dir"; then
+		if ! git clone --origin=origin ---mirror "$url" "$dir"; then
 			error "$(gettext "Failure while downloading %s %s repo")" "${repo}" "git"
 			plainerr "$(gettext "Aborting...")"
 			exit 1