diff --git a/src/dev/build/build_distributables.js b/src/dev/build/build_distributables.js
index e3fcfd9536c4..eeffc2380f38 100644
--- a/src/dev/build/build_distributables.js
+++ b/src/dev/build/build_distributables.js
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ import {
   ExtractNodeBuildsTask,
   InstallDependenciesTask,
   OptimizeBuildTask,
-  PatchNativeModulesTask,
   RemovePackageJsonDepsTask,
   RemoveWorkspacesTask,
   TranspileBabelTask,
@@ -131,7 +130,6 @@ export async function buildDistributables(options) {
    * directories and perform platform-specific steps
    */
   await run(CreateArchivesSourcesTask);
-  await run(PatchNativeModulesTask);
   await run(CleanExtraBinScriptsTask);
   await run(CleanExtraBrowsersTask);
   await run(CleanNodeBuildsTask);
diff --git a/src/dev/build/tasks/index.js b/src/dev/build/tasks/index.js
index 35c07c918731..014cdc7ad5ea 100644
--- a/src/dev/build/tasks/index.js
+++ b/src/dev/build/tasks/index.js
@@ -36,5 +36,4 @@ export * from './transpile_babel_task';
 export * from './transpile_scss_task';
 export * from './verify_env_task';
 export * from './write_sha_sums_task';
-export * from './patch_native_modules_task';
 export * from './path_length_task';
diff --git a/src/dev/build/tasks/patch_native_modules_task.js b/src/dev/build/tasks/patch_native_modules_task.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 16290aca04e7..000000000000
--- a/src/dev/build/tasks/patch_native_modules_task.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
- * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright
- * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
- * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
- * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-import install from '@elastic/simple-git/scripts/install';
-import { deleteAll } from '../lib';
-import path from 'path';
-
-async function patchGit(config, log, build, platform) {
-  const downloadPath = build.resolvePathForPlatform(platform, '.git_binaries', 'git.tar.gz');
-  const destination = build.resolvePathForPlatform(
-    platform,
-    'node_modules/@elastic/simple-git/native/git'
-  );
-  log.debug('Replacing git binaries from ' + downloadPath + ' to ' + destination);
-  const p = platform.isWindows() ? 'win32' : platform.getName();
-  await deleteAll([destination]);
-  await install(p, downloadPath, destination);
-  await deleteAll([path.dirname(downloadPath)], log);
-}
-
-export const PatchNativeModulesTask = {
-  description: 'Patching platform-specific native modules directories',
-  async run(config, log, build) {
-    await Promise.all(
-      config.getTargetPlatforms().map(async platform => {
-        if (!build.isOss()) {
-          await patchGit(config, log, build, platform);
-        }
-      })
-    );
-  },
-};
diff --git a/x-pack/package.json b/x-pack/package.json
index 6a428e01fa16..6c6458b7831b 100644
--- a/x-pack/package.json
+++ b/x-pack/package.json
@@ -191,7 +191,6 @@
     "@elastic/maki": "6.1.0",
     "@elastic/node-crypto": "^1.0.0",
     "@elastic/numeral": "2.3.3",
-    "@elastic/simple-git": "1.124.0-elastic.15",
     "@kbn/babel-preset": "1.0.0",
     "@kbn/config-schema": "1.0.0",
     "@kbn/elastic-idx": "1.0.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 6677663cd6f8..7097d36d64fc 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1286,15 +1286,6 @@
     "@types/node-jose" "1.1.0"
     node-jose "1.1.0"
 
-"@elastic/simple-git@1.124.0-elastic.15":
-  version "1.124.0-elastic.15"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@elastic/simple-git/-/simple-git-1.124.0-elastic.15.tgz#b7975e9d1aeb424c87c817e1bd0549d25ec1d2c5"
-  integrity sha512-Nb+WwJI9I2PN72Ue6stMUDVlqrNKuskpfKJwd+74YtyyfuV7dfHvt4FksqrjnOLbvFxJi214DZ1dHoROg3iQyQ==
-  dependencies:
-    debug "^4.0.1"
-    request "^2.88.0"
-    targz "^1.0.1"
-
 "@elastic/ui-ace@0.2.3":
   version "0.2.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@elastic/ui-ace/-/ui-ace-0.2.3.tgz#5281aed47a79b7216c55542b0675e435692f20cd"
@@ -26616,7 +26607,7 @@ tape@^4.5.1:
     string.prototype.trim "~1.1.2"
     through "~2.3.8"
 
-tar-fs@^1.16.3, tar-fs@^1.8.1:
+tar-fs@^1.16.3:
   version "1.16.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tar-fs/-/tar-fs-1.16.3.tgz#966a628841da2c4010406a82167cbd5e0c72d509"
   integrity sha512-NvCeXpYx7OsmOh8zIOP/ebG55zZmxLE0etfWRbWok+q2Qo8x/vOR/IJT1taADXPe+jsiu9axDb3X4B+iIgNlKw==
@@ -26695,13 +26686,6 @@ tar@^4:
     safe-buffer "^5.1.2"
     yallist "^3.0.2"
 
-targz@^1.0.1:
-  version "1.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/targz/-/targz-1.0.1.tgz#8f76a523694cdedfbb5d60a4076ff6eeecc5398f"
-  integrity sha1-j3alI2lM3t+7XWCkB2/27uzFOY8=
-  dependencies:
-    tar-fs "^1.8.1"
-
 tcomb-validation@^3.3.0:
   version "3.4.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tcomb-validation/-/tcomb-validation-3.4.1.tgz#a7696ec176ce56a081d9e019f8b732a5a8894b65"