diff --git a/roles/ansible-host/meta/main.yml b/roles/ansible-host/meta/main.yml
index cd75ce5..933a629 100644
--- a/roles/ansible-host/meta/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ansible-host/meta/main.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ---
 dependencies:
   - {role: epel-repo}
+  - {role: git/client}
   - {role: nginx/server}
diff --git a/roles/ansible-host/tasks/main.yml b/roles/ansible-host/tasks/main.yml
index a5d426c..d755f6a 100644
--- a/roles/ansible-host/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ansible-host/tasks/main.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
     state: installed
   with_items:
     - ansible
-    - git
     - python3-netaddr   # required by iptables role
 
 - name: create private directory and force permissions