diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 755cf79..941fab0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ anyhow = "1"
 vergen = { version = "8.3.1", features = [
   "build",
   "cargo",
-  "git",
-  "git2",
   "rustc",
 ] }
 
@@ -85,9 +83,10 @@ harness = false
 
 [features]
 
-default = ["cli", "wasm"]
+default = ["cli", "wasm", "git-info"]
 cli = ["clap", "once_cell", "walkdir"]
 wasm = ["wasm-bindgen"]
+git-info = ["vergen/git", "vergen/git2"]
 
 [profile.test]
 opt-level = 3
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index 06982c0..bb2423b 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@ use vergen::EmitBuilder;
 
 fn main() -> Result<()> {
     // Emit the instructions
-    EmitBuilder::builder()
-        .all_cargo()
-        .build_timestamp()
-        .git_sha(false)
-        .git_describe(true, true, None)
-        .all_rustc()
-        .emit()?;
+    let mut builder = EmitBuilder::builder();
+
+    builder.all_cargo().build_timestamp().all_rustc();
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "git-info")]
+    builder.git_sha(false).git_describe(true, true, None);
+
+    builder.emit()?;
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index 7d0e117..9faa834 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Cargo Target Triple: {}
 ",
         env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"),
         env!("VERGEN_BUILD_TIMESTAMP"),
-        env!("VERGEN_GIT_DESCRIBE"),
+        option_env!("VERGEN_GIT_DESCRIBE").unwrap_or(NONE),
         option_env!("VERGEN_GIT_SHA").unwrap_or(NONE),
         option_env!("VERGEN_GIT_COMMIT_TIMESTAMP").unwrap_or(NONE),
         option_env!("VERGEN_GIT_BRANCH").unwrap_or(NONE),