diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle b/android/app/build.gradle
index de5c36bd..84e0ae74 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -98,10 +98,6 @@ dependencies {
     androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test:runner:1.0.1'
     androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.0.1'
 
-    implementation('org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit:3.7.1.201504261725-r')
-            {
-                exclude group: 'org.apache.httpcomponents', module: 'httpclient'
-            }
     implementation 'com.jcraft:jsch:0.1.54'
 
     // For reading a file to string
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/io/gitjournal/gitjournal/CustomSshSessionFactory.java b/android/app/src/main/java/io/gitjournal/gitjournal/CustomSshSessionFactory.java
deleted file mode 100644
index b87c0296..00000000
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/io/gitjournal/gitjournal/CustomSshSessionFactory.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-package io.gitjournal.gitjournal;
-
-import android.util.Log;
-
-import com.jcraft.jsch.JSch;
-import com.jcraft.jsch.JSchException;
-import com.jcraft.jsch.Session;
-
-import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.JschConfigSessionFactory;
-import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.OpenSshConfig;
-import org.eclipse.jgit.util.FS;
-
-public class CustomSshSessionFactory extends JschConfigSessionFactory {
-    private String privateKeyPath;
-
-    public CustomSshSessionFactory(String privateKeyPath_) {
-        privateKeyPath = privateKeyPath_;
-    }
-
-    protected void configure(OpenSshConfig.Host host, Session session) {
-        session.setConfig("StrictHostKeyChecking", "no");
-    }
-
-    protected JSch createDefaultJSch(FS fs) throws JSchException {
-
-        class MyLogger implements com.jcraft.jsch.Logger {
-            java.util.Hashtable name;
-
-            MyLogger() {
-                name = new java.util.Hashtable();
-                name.put(new Integer(DEBUG), "DEBUG: ");
-                name.put(new Integer(INFO), "INFO: ");
-                name.put(new Integer(WARN), "WARN: ");
-                name.put(new Integer(ERROR), "ERROR: ");
-                name.put(new Integer(FATAL), "FATAL: ");
-            }
-
-            public boolean isEnabled(int level) {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            public void log(int level, String message) {
-                System.err.print(name.get(new Integer(level)));
-                System.err.println(message);
-            }
-        }
-        JSch.setLogger(new MyLogger());
-
-        JSch defaultJSch = super.createDefaultJSch(fs);
-        defaultJSch.addIdentity(privateKeyPath);
-
-        JSch.setConfig("PreferredAuthentications", "publickey");
-
-        Log.d("identityNames", defaultJSch.getIdentityNames().toString());
-        return defaultJSch;
-    }
-}