diff --git a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader-tools/pom.xml b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader-tools/pom.xml
index 557dab999f..c9f1f4620f 100644
--- a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader-tools/pom.xml
@@ -80,44 +80,6 @@
 					</execution>
 				</executions>
 			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.1.1</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <phase>generate-resources</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>exec</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-                <configuration>
-                    <executable>git</executable>
-                    <arguments>
-                        <argument>log</argument>
-                        <argument>--pretty=format:Spring-Boot-Commit-Id: %H</argument>
-                        <argument>-n1</argument>
-                    </arguments>
-                    <outputFile>${project.build.directory}/build-number.mf</outputFile>
-                    <successCodes>
-                        <!-- Skip failures due to missing Git or the project not being a Git repo
-                             (needed for add-ons which ultimately extend this POM but don't use Git) -->
-                        <successCode>0</successCode>
-                        <successCode>1</successCode>
-                        <successCode>127</successCode>
-                        <successCode>128</successCode>
-                    </successCodes>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-				<configuration>
-          			<archive>
-            			<manifestFile>${project.build.directory}/build-number.mf</manifestFile>
-          			</archive>
-        		</configuration>
-			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 </project>
diff --git a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader-tools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/loader/tools/Repackager.java b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader-tools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/loader/tools/Repackager.java
index 0837e520f3..87742d4d07 100644
--- a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader-tools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/loader/tools/Repackager.java
+++ b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-loader-tools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/loader/tools/Repackager.java
@@ -18,10 +18,8 @@ package org.springframework.boot.loader.tools;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.jar.JarFile;
 import java.util.jar.Manifest;
-import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
 
 /**
  * Utility class that can be used to repackage an archive so that it can be executed using
@@ -36,8 +34,6 @@ public class Repackager {
 	private static final String START_CLASS_ATTRIBUTE = "Start-Class";
 
 	private static final String BOOT_VERSION_ATTRIBUTE = "Spring-Boot-Version";
-	
-	private static final String GIT_COMMIT_ATTRIBUTE = "Spring-Boot-Commit-Id";
 
 	private String mainClass;
 
@@ -185,28 +181,6 @@ public class Repackager {
 
 		String bootVersion = getClass().getPackage().getImplementationVersion();
 		manifest.getMainAttributes().putValue(BOOT_VERSION_ATTRIBUTE, bootVersion);
-		
-		String gitCommitHash = null;
-		JarFile jarFile = null;
-		try {
-			URL classContainer = getClass().getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation();
-			if (classContainer.toString().endsWith(".jar")) {
-				jarFile = new JarFile(new File(classContainer.toURI()), false);
-				ZipEntry manifestEntry = jarFile.getEntry("META-INF/MANIFEST.MF");
-				gitCommitHash = new Manifest(jarFile.getInputStream(manifestEntry)).
-						getMainAttributes().getValue(GIT_COMMIT_ATTRIBUTE);
-			}
-		} catch (Exception ignoreAndMoveOn) { }
-		finally {
-			if (jarFile != null) {
-				try { jarFile.close(); }
-				catch (IOException ignored) {}
-			}
-		}
-		
-		if (gitCommitHash != null && gitCommitHash.length() > 0) {
-			manifest.getMainAttributes().putValue(GIT_COMMIT_ATTRIBUTE, gitCommitHash);
-		}
 
 		return manifest;
 	}