diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/nix-prefetch-git b/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/nix-prefetch-git
index 9352757ea806e..fed1350349cb5 100755
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/nix-prefetch-git
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/nix-prefetch-git
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ _clone_user_rev() {
     eval "$NIX_PREFETCH_GIT_CHECKOUT_HOOK"
     if test -z "$leaveDotGit"; then
         echo "removing \`.git'..." >&2
-        find "$dir" -name .git\* -print0 | xargs -0 rm -rf
+        find "$dir" -name .git -print0 | xargs -0 rm -rf
     else
         find "$dir" -name .git | while read gitdir; do
             make_deterministic_repo "$(readlink -f "$gitdir/..")"