diff --git a/Library/Contributions/cmd/brew-versions.rb b/Library/Contributions/cmd/brew-versions.rb
index 3a0fd6b640..ff3b2bfe08 100755
--- a/Library/Contributions/cmd/brew-versions.rb
+++ b/Library/Contributions/cmd/brew-versions.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 require "formula_versions"
 
-raise "Please `brew install git` first" unless which "git"
 raise "Please `brew update` first" unless (HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY/".git").directory?
 raise FormulaUnspecifiedError if ARGV.named.empty?
 
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/info.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/info.rb
index 5308fc9393..1ce1966e17 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/info.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/info.rb
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ module Homebrew
   end
 
   def github_fork
-    if which 'git' and (HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY/".git").directory?
+    if (HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY/".git").directory?
       if `git remote -v` =~ %r{origin\s+(https?://|git(?:@|://))github.com[:/](.+)/homebrew}
         $2
       end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/tap.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/tap.rb
index 8ed45b239e..c3fb1ed5e8 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/tap.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/tap.rb
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ module Homebrew
   end
 
   def install_tap user, repo
-    raise "brew install git" unless which 'git'
-
     # we special case homebrew so users don't have to shift in a terminal
     repouser = if user == "homebrew" then "Homebrew" else user end
     user = "homebrew" if user == "Homebrew"
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/update.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/update.rb
index b85a355b81..4040d343ef 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/update.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/update.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ module Homebrew
         Use `brew upgrade <formula>`.
       EOS
     end
-    abort "Please `brew install git' first." unless which "git"
 
     # ensure GIT_CONFIG is unset as we need to operate on .git/config
     ENV.delete('GIT_CONFIG')