diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e4dbd8b33398..d0702e09d412 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1321,7 +1321,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "comfy-table",
  "compute_api",
- "git-version",
  "humantime",
  "humantime-serde",
  "hyper 0.14.30",
@@ -3578,7 +3577,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "camino",
  "clap",
- "git-version",
  "humantime",
  "pageserver",
  "pageserver_api",
@@ -3617,7 +3615,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "enumset",
  "fail",
  "futures",
- "git-version",
  "hex",
  "hex-literal",
  "humantime",
@@ -3737,7 +3734,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "criterion",
  "futures",
- "git-version",
  "hex-literal",
  "itertools 0.10.5",
  "once_cell",
@@ -4307,7 +4303,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "fallible-iterator",
  "framed-websockets",
  "futures",
- "git-version",
  "hashbrown 0.14.5",
  "hashlink",
  "hex",
@@ -5139,7 +5134,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "desim",
  "fail",
  "futures",
- "git-version",
  "hex",
  "humantime",
  "hyper 0.14.30",
@@ -5702,7 +5696,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures",
  "futures-core",
  "futures-util",
- "git-version",
  "humantime",
  "hyper 0.14.30",
  "metrics",
@@ -5730,7 +5723,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "diesel_migrations",
  "fail",
  "futures",
- "git-version",
  "hex",
  "humantime",
  "hyper 0.14.30",
@@ -5783,7 +5775,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "either",
  "futures",
  "futures-util",
- "git-version",
  "hex",
  "humantime",
  "itertools 0.10.5",
@@ -6715,6 +6706,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "criterion",
  "fail",
  "futures",
+ "git-version",
  "hex",
  "hex-literal",
  "humantime",
diff --git a/control_plane/Cargo.toml b/control_plane/Cargo.toml
index c185d20484a4..df87c181bf47 100644
--- a/control_plane/Cargo.toml
+++ b/control_plane/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ anyhow.workspace = true
 camino.workspace = true
 clap.workspace = true
 comfy-table.workspace = true
-git-version.workspace = true
 humantime.workspace = true
 nix.workspace = true
 once_cell.workspace = true
diff --git a/libs/utils/Cargo.toml b/libs/utils/Cargo.toml
index f199b155540f..7d284a6fc567 100644
--- a/libs/utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libs/utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ bincode.workspace = true
 bytes.workspace = true
 camino.workspace = true
 chrono.workspace = true
+git-version.workspace = true
 hex = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
 humantime.workspace = true
 hyper = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
diff --git a/libs/utils/src/lib.rs b/libs/utils/src/lib.rs
index 03fb36caf8b6..aacc1e1dd5e8 100644
--- a/libs/utils/src/lib.rs
+++ b/libs/utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ pub mod toml_edit_ext;
 
 pub mod circuit_breaker;
 
+// Re-export used in macro. Avoids adding git-version as dep in target crates.
+#[doc(hidden)]
+pub use git_version;
+
 /// This is a shortcut to embed git sha into binaries and avoid copying the same build script to all packages
 ///
 /// we have several cases:
@@ -131,7 +135,7 @@ macro_rules! project_git_version {
     ($const_identifier:ident) => {
         // this should try GIT_VERSION first only then git_version::git_version!
         const $const_identifier: &::core::primitive::str = {
-            const __COMMIT_FROM_GIT: &::core::primitive::str = git_version::git_version! {
+            const __COMMIT_FROM_GIT: &::core::primitive::str = $crate::git_version::git_version! {
                 prefix = "",
                 fallback = "unknown",
                 args = ["--abbrev=40", "--always", "--dirty=-modified"] // always use full sha
diff --git a/pageserver/Cargo.toml b/pageserver/Cargo.toml
index 0eb48d6823b8..f1fc3a86fe4b 100644
--- a/pageserver/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pageserver/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ crc32c.workspace = true
 either.workspace = true
 fail.workspace = true
 futures.workspace = true
-git-version.workspace = true
 hex.workspace = true
 humantime.workspace = true
 humantime-serde.workspace = true
diff --git a/pageserver/compaction/Cargo.toml b/pageserver/compaction/Cargo.toml
index 52b58fc298ce..d4f89ac38a19 100644
--- a/pageserver/compaction/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pageserver/compaction/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ anyhow.workspace = true
 async-stream.workspace = true
 clap = { workspace = true, features = ["string"] }
 futures.workspace = true
-git-version.workspace = true
 itertools.workspace = true
 once_cell.workspace = true
 pageserver_api.workspace = true
diff --git a/pageserver/ctl/Cargo.toml b/pageserver/ctl/Cargo.toml
index 9592002de131..a753f806a076 100644
--- a/pageserver/ctl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pageserver/ctl/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ license.workspace = true
 anyhow.workspace = true
 camino.workspace = true
 clap = { workspace = true, features = ["string"] }
-git-version.workspace = true
 humantime.workspace = true
 pageserver = { path = ".." }
 pageserver_api.workspace = true
diff --git a/proxy/Cargo.toml b/proxy/Cargo.toml
index 6703eb06eb29..501ce050e071 100644
--- a/proxy/Cargo.toml
+++ b/proxy/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ dashmap.workspace = true
 env_logger.workspace = true
 framed-websockets.workspace = true
 futures.workspace = true
-git-version.workspace = true
 hashbrown.workspace = true
 hashlink.workspace = true
 hex.workspace = true
diff --git a/safekeeper/Cargo.toml b/safekeeper/Cargo.toml
index daf21c70b045..67f32b3cc08b 100644
--- a/safekeeper/Cargo.toml
+++ b/safekeeper/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ chrono.workspace = true
 clap = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 crc32c.workspace = true
 fail.workspace = true
-git-version.workspace = true
 hex.workspace = true
 humantime.workspace = true
 hyper.workspace = true
diff --git a/storage_broker/Cargo.toml b/storage_broker/Cargo.toml
index 82ec0aa272e3..5359f586e49d 100644
--- a/storage_broker/Cargo.toml
+++ b/storage_broker/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ const_format.workspace = true
 futures.workspace = true
 futures-core.workspace = true
 futures-util.workspace = true
-git-version.workspace = true
 humantime.workspace = true
 hyper = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
 once_cell.workspace = true
diff --git a/storage_controller/Cargo.toml b/storage_controller/Cargo.toml
index a96d64e09670..9ed0501026dc 100644
--- a/storage_controller/Cargo.toml
+++ b/storage_controller/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ chrono.workspace = true
 clap.workspace = true
 fail.workspace = true
 futures.workspace = true
-git-version.workspace = true
 hex.workspace = true
 hyper.workspace = true
 humantime.workspace = true
diff --git a/storage_scrubber/Cargo.toml b/storage_scrubber/Cargo.toml
index f9987662b9f5..a1b5b0b12f19 100644
--- a/storage_scrubber/Cargo.toml
+++ b/storage_scrubber/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ license.workspace = true
 aws-sdk-s3.workspace = true
 either.workspace = true
 anyhow.workspace = true
-git-version.workspace = true
 hex.workspace = true
 humantime.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true