diff --git a/gnu/packages/version-control.scm b/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
index bff6471559..151cf0cf10 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
@@ -350,18 +350,21 @@ (define-public git
    (home-page "https://git-scm.com/")))
 
 ;; Some dependent packages directly access internal interfaces which
-;; have changed in 2.12
+;; have changed in 2.12. TODO: Remove this for cgit > 1.1.
 (define-public git@2.10
   (package
     (inherit git)
-    (version "2.10.3")
-   (source (origin
-            (method url-fetch)
-            (uri (string-append "mirror://kernel.org/software/scm/git/git-"
-                                version ".tar.xz"))
-            (sha256
-             (base32
-              "02mb7yi49algsya3hnkcxdslwb6p1bi7c732z1g8kzq4hs838m7z"))))))
+    (version "2.10.4")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append "mirror://kernel.org/software/scm/git/git-"
+                                  version ".tar.xz"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "1pni4mgih5w42813dxljl61s7xmcpdnar34d9m4548hzpljjyd4l"))))
+    (arguments
+     `(#:tests? #f
+       ,@(package-arguments git)))))
 
 (define-public libgit2
   (package