diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
index a3f1171da540..4dbad90a52ff 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
@@ -477,6 +477,15 @@
           the FIDO security key middleware interface.
         </para>
       </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          <literal>git</literal> no longer hardcodes the path to
+          openssh’ ssh binary to reduce the amount of rebuilds. If you
+          are using git with ssh remotes and do not have a ssh binary in
+          your enviroment consider adding <literal>openssh</literal> to
+          it or switching to <literal>gitFull</literal>.
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
       <listitem>
         <para>
           <literal>services.k3s.enable</literal> no longer implies
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
index 118938574336..86cc8ed3dd1c 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin
 
 - `openssh` has been update to 8.9p1, changing the FIDO security key middleware interface.
 
+- `git` no longer hardcodes the path to openssh' ssh binary to reduce the amount of rebuilds. If you are using git with ssh remotes and do not have a ssh binary in your enviroment consider adding `openssh` to it or switching to `gitFull`.
+
 - `services.k3s.enable` no longer implies `systemd.enableUnifiedCgroupHierarchy = false`, and will default to the 'systemd' cgroup driver when using `services.k3s.docker = true`.
   This change may require a reboot to take effect, and k3s may not be able to run if the boot cgroup hierarchy does not match its configuration.
   The previous behavior may be retained by explicitly setting `systemd.enableUnifiedCgroupHierarchy = false` in your configuration.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix
index d835f25d9610..bed0fc41c9fa 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 , withLibsecret ? false
 , pkg-config, glib, libsecret
 , gzip # needed at runtime by gitweb.cgi
+, withSsh ? false
 }:
 
 assert osxkeychainSupport -> stdenv.isDarwin;
@@ -27,7 +28,6 @@ assert svnSupport -> perlSupport;
 let
   version = "2.35.1";
   svn = subversionClient.override { perlBindings = perlSupport; };
-
   gitwebPerlLibs = with perlPackages; [ CGI HTMLParser CGIFast FCGI FCGIProcManager HTMLTagCloud ];
 in
 
@@ -49,28 +49,27 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  ## Patch
-
   patches = [
     ./docbook2texi.patch
     ./git-sh-i18n.patch
-    ./ssh-path.patch
     ./git-send-email-honor-PATH.patch
     ./installCheck-path.patch
+  ] ++ lib.optionals withSsh [
+    ./ssh-path.patch
   ];
 
   postPatch = ''
-    for x in connect.c git-gui/lib/remote_add.tcl ; do
-      substituteInPlace "$x" \
-        --subst-var-by ssh "${openssh}/bin/ssh"
-    done
-
     # Fix references to gettext introduced by ./git-sh-i18n.patch
     substituteInPlace git-sh-i18n.sh \
         --subst-var-by gettext ${gettext}
 
     # ensure we are using the correct shell when executing the test scripts
     patchShebangs t/*.sh
+  '' + lib.optionalString withSsh ''
+    for x in connect.c git-gui/lib/remote_add.tcl ; do
+      substituteInPlace "$x" \
+        --subst-var-by ssh "${openssh}/bin/ssh"
+    done
   '';
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ gettext perlPackages.perl makeWrapper ]
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b3793bda8b94..17560d6d7b83 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -26150,6 +26150,7 @@ with pkgs;
     svnSupport = true;
     guiSupport = true;
     sendEmailSupport = true;
+    withSsh = true;
     withLibsecret = !stdenv.isDarwin;
   };