diff --git a/recipes/dev/git/recipe.toml b/recipes/dev/git/recipe.toml
index f9f5f64cc..5054885e7 100644
--- a/recipes/dev/git/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/dev/git/recipe.toml
@@ -39,10 +39,11 @@ export CURL_CONFIG="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/usr/bin/curl-config"
     ac_cv_lib_curl_curl_global_init=yes
 "${COOKBOOK_MAKE}" "${MAKEFLAGS[@]}" -j"${COOKBOOK_MAKE_JOBS}"
 "${COOKBOOK_MAKE}" DESTDIR="${COOKBOOK_STAGE}" "${MAKEFLAGS[@]}" install
+rm -rf "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/share/man"
 """
 
 [package]
 dependencies = [
     "ca-certificates",
     "nghttp2"
-]
\ No newline at end of file
+]