diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index fda5e3af11a8507e29570c140f42708d31fc8f0e..a99aad525b1fabcf9568b96657e145ab8296465a 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -307,12 +307,6 @@ task changelog << {
 	}
 }
 
-task changelog2Git << {
-	def grgit = Grgit.open(project.file('.'))
-	grgit.add(patterns: ['CHANGELOG.md'])
-	grgit.commit(message: 'Changelog updated (by jenkins)')
-}
-
 task cleanAfterDaily(type: Delete) {
 	delete "$buildDir/dependency-cache"
 	delete "$buildDir/tmp"
@@ -408,12 +402,11 @@ task vagrantPrepare << {
 
 task jarAll(dependsOn: [jar, javadocJar, sourcesJar, staticJar, testJar])
 task buildAll(dependsOn: [jarAll, build])
-task daily(dependsOn: [clean, asciidoctor, changelog2Git, check, javadoc, jarAll])
+task daily(dependsOn: [clean, asciidoctor, changelog, check, javadoc, jarAll])
 task release
 
 // task dependencies
 
-tasks.changelog2Git.dependsOn changelog
 tasks.cleanAfterDaily.dependsOn cleanNodeModules
 tasks.daily.finalizedBy cleanAfterDaily
 tasks.daily.mustRunAfter clean