diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/update.sh b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/update.sh
index 7b57bde246..dbd1a4de83 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/update.sh
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/update.sh
@@ -17,10 +17,7 @@ source "$HOMEBREW_LIBRARY/Homebrew/utils/lock.sh"
 git() {
   if [[ -z "$GIT_EXECUTABLE" ]]
   then
-    GIT_EXECUTABLE_RELATIVE="$("$HOMEBREW_LIBRARY/Homebrew/shims/scm/git" --homebrew=print-path)"
-    GIT_EXECUTABLE_BASE="$(basename "$GIT_EXECUTABLE_RELATIVE")"
-    GIT_EXECUTABLE_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$GIT_EXECUTABLE_RELATIVE")" && pwd)"
-    GIT_EXECUTABLE="$GIT_EXECUTABLE_DIR/$GIT_EXECUTABLE_BASE"
+    GIT_EXECUTABLE="$("$HOMEBREW_LIBRARY/Homebrew/shims/scm/git" --homebrew=print-path)"
   fi
   "$GIT_EXECUTABLE" "$@"
 }