diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/ceph/0.80.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/ceph/0.80.nix
index 302a65f626b9..c987e0bd6418 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/ceph/0.80.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/ceph/0.80.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ callPackage ./generic.nix (args // rec {
   src = fetchgit {
     url = "git://github.com/ceph/ceph.git";
     rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1arajccczjdqp7igs17569xlq5cj4azcm5wwixg6ryypjr2grcbl";
+    leaveDotGit = true;
+    sha256 = "0s81j6yj8y27hlx1hid9maz0l7bhjjskjxzxlhsikzmdc1j27m4r";
   };
 
   patches = [
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/ceph/0.94.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/ceph/0.94.nix
index 9b9455b90612..75045cb13445 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/ceph/0.94.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/ceph/0.94.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ callPackage ./generic.nix (args // rec {
   src = fetchgit {
     url = "https://github.com/ceph/ceph.git";
     rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1nhqzmxv7bz93b8rbd88wgmw9icm2lhmc94dfscgh23kfpipyd6l";
+    leaveDotGit = true;
+    sha256 = "094f9knxgx8vb9fb1yzld9ib4m0wpqwqgqjl3xqf0dzm48nxqd73";
   };
 
   patches = [ ./fix-pgrefdebugging.patch ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/ceph/dev.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/ceph/dev.nix
index 5cc183d1053c..c57bc200f24c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/ceph/dev.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/ceph/dev.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ callPackage ./generic.nix (args // rec {
   src = fetchgit {
     url = "https://github.com/ceph/ceph.git";
     rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0kydjyvb1566mh33p6dlljfx1r4cfdj8ic4i19h5r9vavkc46nf0";
+    leaveDotGit = true;
+    sha256 = "13iyv53kq2ka5py759cdiw0wmzpsycskvhmyr74qkpxmw9g6177y";
   };
 
   patches = [ ./fix-pythonpath.patch ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/ceph/generic.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/ceph/generic.nix
index bece841d5f51..61659ef26fd4 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/ceph/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/ceph/generic.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-{ stdenv, autoconf, automake, makeWrapper, pkgconfig, libtool, which
-, boost, python, pythonPackages, libxml2, git, zlib
+{ stdenv, autoconf, automake, makeWrapper, pkgconfig, libtool, which, git
+, boost, python, pythonPackages, libxml2, zlib
 
 # Optional Dependencies
 , snappy ? null, leveldb ? null, yasm ? null, fcgi ? null, expat ? null
@@ -112,14 +112,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     ./0001-Makefile-env-Don-t-force-sbin.patch
   ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoconf automake makeWrapper pkgconfig libtool which ]
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoconf automake makeWrapper pkgconfig libtool which git ]
     ++ optionals (versionAtLeast version "9.0.2") [
       pythonPackages.setuptools pythonPackages.argparse
     ];
   buildInputs = buildInputs ++ cryptoLibsMap.${cryptoStr} ++ [
     boost python libxml2 optYasm optLibatomic_ops optLibs3 malloc pythonPackages.flask zlib
   ] ++ optional (versionAtLeast version "9.0.0") [
-    git                   # Used for the gitversion string
     pythonPackages.sphinx # Used for docs
   ] ++ optional stdenv.isLinux [
     linuxHeaders libuuid udev keyutils optLibaio optLibxfs optZfs