diff --git a/dev-python/pyspelling/pyspelling-2.6.0.ebuild b/dev-python/pyspelling/pyspelling-2.6.0.ebuild
index c9b21a2338..eff19a8ae9 100644
--- a/dev-python/pyspelling/pyspelling-2.6.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pyspelling/pyspelling-2.6.0.ebuild
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=rdepend
 
 DOCBUILDER="mkdocs"
 DOCDEPEND="
-	dev-python/mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin
 	dev-python/mkdocs_pymdownx_material_extras
 	~dev-python/mkdocs-material-5.0.0_rc2"
 
@@ -41,10 +40,9 @@ distutils_enable_tests pytest
 
 python_prepare_all() {
 	# git revision data plugin needs git repo to build
-	if use doc; then
-		git init || die
-		git add -A || die
-		git commit -q -m ".." || die
-	fi
+	# do not depend on this
+	sed -i -e '/git-revision-date-localized/d' \
+		mkdocs.yml || die
+
 	distutils-r1_python_prepare_all
 }