diff --git a/couchpotato/environment.py b/couchpotato/environment.py
index e42cbadb..bc5cd8d7 100644
--- a/couchpotato/environment.py
+++ b/couchpotato/environment.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ class Env(object):
 
     ''' Environment variables '''
     _encoding = ''
-    _uses_git = False
     _debug = False
     _dev = False
     _settings = Settings()
diff --git a/couchpotato/runner.py b/couchpotato/runner.py
index e8f2fb0d..3ef8ae99 100644
--- a/couchpotato/runner.py
+++ b/couchpotato/runner.py
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ def getOptions(base_path, args):
                         dest = 'console_log', help = "Log to console")
     parser.add_argument('--quiet', action = 'store_true',
                         dest = 'quiet', help = 'No console logging')
-    parser.add_argument('--nogit', action = 'store_true',
-                        dest = 'nogit', help = 'No git available')
     parser.add_argument('--daemon', action = 'store_true',
                         dest = 'daemon', help = 'Daemonize the app')
     parser.add_argument('--pid_file', default = os.path.join(data_dir, 'couchpotato.pid'),
@@ -93,7 +91,6 @@ def runCouchPotato(options, base_path, args, data_dir = None, log_dir = None, En
 
     # Register environment settings
     Env.set('encoding', encoding)
-    Env.set('uses_git', not options.nogit)
     Env.set('app_dir', base_path)
     Env.set('data_dir', data_dir)
     Env.set('log_path', os.path.join(log_dir, 'CouchPotato.log'))