diff --git a/package/utils/f2fs-tools/Makefile b/package/utils/f2fs-tools/Makefile
index 4ef751a5ff..5cef40ac23 100644
--- a/package/utils/f2fs-tools/Makefile
+++ b/package/utils/f2fs-tools/Makefile
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ endef
 CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
 	--without-selinux
 
+CONFIGURE_VARS += \
+	ac_cv_file__git=no
+
 define Package/libf2fs/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
 	$(CP) \
diff --git a/package/utils/f2fs-tools/patches/001-compile.patch b/package/utils/f2fs-tools/patches/001-compile.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ff6ee832d..0000000000
--- a/package/utils/f2fs-tools/patches/001-compile.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -20,14 +20,9 @@ AC_DEFINE([F2FS_MINOR_VERSION], m4_bpats
- 				[\([0-9]*\).\([0-9]*\)\(\w\|\W\)*], [\2]),
- 				[Minor version for f2fs-tools])
- 
--AC_CHECK_FILE(.git,
--	AC_DEFINE([F2FS_TOOLS_DATE],
--		"m4_bpatsubst(f2fs_tools_gitdate,
--		[\([0-9-]*\)\(\w\|\W\)*], [\1])",
--		[f2fs-tools date based on Git commits]),
--	AC_DEFINE([F2FS_TOOLS_DATE],
-+AC_DEFINE([F2FS_TOOLS_DATE],
- 		"f2fs_tools_date",
--		[f2fs-tools date based on Source releases]))
-+		[f2fs-tools date based on Source releases])
- 
- AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([config.h.in])
- AC_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])