diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ha/hare/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ha/hare/package.nix
index 91a445bd74cb..6f163a98d8cc 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ha/hare/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ha/hare/package.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 , scdoc
 , tzdata
 , substituteAll
-, unstableGitUpdater
 , callPackage
 , enableCrossCompilation ? (stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux && stdenv.hostPlatform.is64bit)
 , pkgsCross
@@ -133,7 +132,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
 
   passthru = {
-    updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { };
     tests = lib.optionalAttrs enableCrossCompilation {
       crossCompilation = callPackage ./cross-compilation-tests.nix {
         hare = finalAttrs.finalPackage;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ha/harec/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ha/harec/package.nix
index 64a0efed194b..e870e9ebce33 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ha/harec/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ha/harec/package.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 , fetchFromSourcehut
 , qbe
 , fetchgit
-, unstableGitUpdater
 }:
 let
   # harec needs the dbgfile and dbgloc features implemented up to this commit.
@@ -59,7 +58,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     # We create this attribute so that the `hare` package can access the
     # overwritten `qbe`.
     qbeUnstable = qbe';
-    updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { };
   };
 
   meta = {