diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b6496b5e..45b39925 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,11 +6,9 @@ python:
   - "2.7"
 
 before_install:
-    - sudo sh tools/libgit2.sh
     - pip install -r test-requirements.txt
     - pip install -r requirements.txt
     - pip install tox
-    - pip install pygit2==0.25.0
 
 install:
     - pip install -e .
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 19aba144..6a0b2c6d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ FROM ubuntu:16.04
 MAINTAINER Armada Team
 
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive
-ENV LIBGIT_VERSION 0.25.0
 
 COPY . /armada
 
@@ -16,36 +15,23 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
       python-setuptools && \
     apt-get install -y \
       build-essential \
-      cmake \
       curl \
       git \
-      libffi-dev \
       python-all-dev && \
     useradd -u 1000 -g users -d /armada armada && \
     \
-    curl -sSL https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/archive/v$LIBGIT_VERSION.tar.gz \
-      | tar zx -C /tmp && \
-    cd /tmp/libgit2-$LIBGIT_VERSION && \
-    cmake . && \
-    cmake --build . --target install && \
-    ldconfig && \
-    \
     cd /armada && \
     pip install --upgrade pip && \
-    pip install -r requirements.txt pygit2==$LIBGIT_VERSION && \
+    pip install -r requirements.txt && \
     pip install . && \
     \
     apt-get purge --auto-remove -y \
       build-essential \
-      cmake \
       curl \
-      git \
-      libffi-dev \
       python-all-dev && \
     apt-get clean -y && \
     rm -rf \
       /root/.cache \
-      /tmp/libgit2-$LIBGIT_VERSION \
       /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 EXPOSE 8000
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 5cd3a534..e49ec8ed 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ Your output will look something like this:
     $ armada apply examples/openstack-helm.yaml 2017-02-10 09:42:36,753
       armada INFO Cloning git:
 
-.. _pygit2: http://www.pygit2.org/install.html#libgit2-within-a-virtual-environment
 .. _kubectl: https://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/kubectl/kubectl_config/
 
 .. |Docker Repository on Quay| image:: https://quay.io/repository/attcomdev/armada/status
diff --git a/armada/handlers/armada.py b/armada/handlers/armada.py
index 9fc93e73..8c4ae9e3 100644
--- a/armada/handlers/armada.py
+++ b/armada/handlers/armada.py
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ class Armada(object):
         '''
         Operations to run after deployment process has terminated
         '''
-        # Delete git repos cloned for deployment
+        # Delete temp dirs used for deployment
         for group in self.config.get(KEYWORD_ARMADA).get(KEYWORD_GROUPS):
             for ch in group.get(KEYWORD_CHARTS):
                 if ch.get('chart').get('source').get('type') == 'git':
diff --git a/armada/tests/unit/utils/test_source.py b/armada/tests/unit/utils/test_source.py
index 561049e7..ffeb7af9 100644
--- a/armada/tests/unit/utils/test_source.py
+++ b/armada/tests/unit/utils/test_source.py
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ class GitTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     SOURCE_UTILS_LOCATION = 'armada.utils.source'
 
     @mock.patch('armada.utils.source.tempfile')
-    @mock.patch('armada.utils.source.pygit2')
-    def test_git_clone_good_url(self, mock_pygit, mock_temp):
+    @mock.patch('armada.utils.source.Repo')
+    def test_git_clone_good_url(self, mock_git_repo, mock_temp):
         mock_temp.mkdtemp.return_value = '/tmp/armada'
-        mock_pygit.clone_repository.return_value = "Repository"
+        mock_git_repo.clone_from.return_value = "Repository"
         url = 'http://github.com/att-comdev/armada'
         dir = source.git_clone(url)
 
diff --git a/armada/utils/source.py b/armada/utils/source.py
index f560e5e0..a8015ddf 100644
--- a/armada/utils/source.py
+++ b/armada/utils/source.py
@@ -1,24 +1,29 @@
-import pygit2
+import os
 import requests
 import tarfile
 import tempfile
 import shutil
+from git import Repo
 from os import path
 
 from ..exceptions import source_exceptions
 
 def git_clone(repo_url, branch='master'):
     '''
-    clones repo to a /tmp/ dir
+    :params repo_url - URL of git repo to clone
+    :params branch - branch of the repo to clone
+
+    Returns a path to the cloned repo
     '''
 
     if repo_url == '':
         raise source_exceptions.GitLocationException(repo_url)
 
+    os.environ['GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT'] = '0'
     _tmp_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='armada', dir='/tmp')
 
     try:
-        pygit2.clone_repository(repo_url, _tmp_dir, checkout_branch=branch)
+        Repo.clone_from(repo_url, _tmp_dir, **{'branch': branch})
     except Exception:
         raise source_exceptions.GitLocationException(repo_url)
 
diff --git a/docs/source/development/getting-started.rst b/docs/source/development/getting-started.rst
index af56f0c3..9da6679b 100644
--- a/docs/source/development/getting-started.rst
+++ b/docs/source/development/getting-started.rst
@@ -25,17 +25,10 @@ To use the docker containter to develop:
 Virtualenv
 ##########
 
-To use VirtualEnv we will need to add some extra steps
+To use VirtualEnv:
 
 1. virtualenv venv
 2. source ./venv/bin/activate
-3. sudo sh ./tools/libgit2.sh
-
-Test that it worked with:
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-    python -c 'import pygit2'
 
 From the directory of the forked repository:
 
@@ -47,8 +40,8 @@ From the directory of the forked repository:
 
 .. note::
 
-    this will install the latest libgit2 library so you have to make sure you
-    install the same version library with pip ( current version: 0.25.0 )
+    If building from source, Armada requires that git be installed on
+    the system.
 
 Kubernetes
 ##########
diff --git a/docs/source/operations/guide-exceptions.rst b/docs/source/operations/guide-exceptions.rst
index e4bd7600..9f592e7e 100644
--- a/docs/source/operations/guide-exceptions.rst
+++ b/docs/source/operations/guide-exceptions.rst
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ Tiller Exceptions
 +------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | Exception                          | Error Description                                                                          |
 +====================================+============================================================================================+
-|  ChartCleanupException             | An error occurred removing a chart.                                                        |
+| ChartCleanupException              | An error occurred removing a chart.                                                        |
 +------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-|  ListChartsException               | An error occurred listing helm charts.                                                     |
+| ListChartsException                | An error occurred listing helm charts.                                                     |
 +------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | PostUpdateJobDeleteException       | An error occurred deleting a job after an update.                                          |
 +------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Tiller Exceptions
 +------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | ReleaseInstallException            | A release failed to install.                                                               |
 +------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-|  ReleaseUpdateException            | A release failed to update.                                                                |
+| ReleaseUpdateException             | A release failed to update.                                                                |
 +------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | TillerServicesUnavailableException | Occurs when Tiller services are unavailable.                                               |
 +------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ Lint Exceptions
 +----------------------------------+------------------------------+
 | InvalidChartNameException        | Chart name invalid.          |
 +----------------------------------+------------------------------+
-|  InvalidChartDefinitionException |  Chart definition invalid.   |
+| InvalidChartDefinitionException  |  Chart definition invalid.   |
 +----------------------------------+------------------------------+
 | InvalidReleaseException          | Release invalid.             |
 +----------------------------------+------------------------------+
-|  InvalidArmadaObjectException    |  Armada object not declared. |
+| InvalidArmadaObjectException     |  Armada object not declared. |
 +----------------------------------+------------------------------+
diff --git a/docs/source/operations/guide-use-armada.rst b/docs/source/operations/guide-use-armada.rst
index 58cb6e88..964a6a5a 100644
--- a/docs/source/operations/guide-use-armada.rst
+++ b/docs/source/operations/guide-use-armada.rst
@@ -54,14 +54,12 @@ Usage
 
     docker run -d --net host -p 8000:8000 --name armada -v ~/.kube/config:/root/.kube/config -v $(pwd)/examples/:/examples quay.io/attcomdev/armada:latest
 
-
 3. Check that tiller is Available
 
 .. code:: bash
 
     docker exec armada armada tiller --status
 
-
 4. If tiller is up then we can start deploying our armada yamls
 
 .. code:: bash
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index acd4cc20..1c569172 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+gitpython==2.1.5
 grpc==0.3.post19
 grpcio==1.1.3
 grpcio-tools==1.1.3
diff --git a/tools/libgit2.sh b/tools/libgit2.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index ee929032..00000000
--- a/tools/libgit2.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-set -ex
-
-# Ubuntu 16.04 Install only
-
-apt-get update
-apt-get install -y \
-    cmake \
-    git \
-    libffi-dev \
-    libssh2-1 \
-    libssh2-1-dev \
-    libssl-dev \
-    libxml2-dev \
-    libxslt1-dev \
-    libz-dev \
-    make \
-    pkg-config \
-    python-dev \
-    python-pip \
-    wget
-
-LIBGIT_VERSION=${LIBGIT_VERSION:-'0.25.0'}
-
-wget https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/archive/v${LIBGIT_VERSION}.tar.gz
-tar xzf v${LIBGIT_VERSION}.tar.gz
-cd libgit2-${LIBGIT_VERSION}/
-cmake .
-make
-make install
-ldconfig
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 5d58befb..52e16561 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@ deps=
 setenv=
     PYTHONWARNINGS=all
 
-[testenv:ubuntu]
-commands =
-	 sh {toxinidir}/tools/libgit2.sh
-
 [testenv:docs]
 commands = python setup.py build_sphinx
 
@@ -26,5 +22,5 @@ commands = nosetest -w armada
 
 [flake8] #TODO: Remove E402
 ignore=E302,H306,E402,W503
-exclude= libgit2-0.25.0, .git, .idea, .tox, *.egg-info, *.eggs, bin, dist, hapi
+exclude= .git, .idea, .tox, *.egg-info, *.eggs, bin, dist, hapi