diff --git a/rsync-git/install.ps1 b/rsync-git/install.ps1
index 5f002947..af3529f9 100644
--- a/rsync-git/install.ps1
+++ b/rsync-git/install.ps1
@@ -66,13 +66,9 @@ function Add-SystemPathValue{
 $base_url = "https://repo.msys2.org/msys/x86_64"
 # Do we need to break out the other 2 into their own repos?
 $rsync_file = "rsync-$Version-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst"
-$rsync_dir = "rsync-$Version-x86_64.pkg"
 $libxxhash_file = "libxxhash-0.8.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst"
-$libxxhash_dir = "libxxhash-0.8.2-1-x86_64.pkg"
 $libzstd_file = "libzstd-1.5.5-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst"
-$libzstd_dir = "libzstd-1.5.5-1-x86_64.pkg"
 $files = $rsync_file, $libxxhash_file, $libzstd_file
-$dirs = $rsync_dir, $libxxhash_dir, $libzstd_dir
 $date = Get-Date -Format "yyyyMMdd"
 $7z_bin = "$env:ProgramFiles\7-Zip-Zstandard\7z.exe"
 $git_bin_dir = "$env:ProgramFiles\Git\usr\bin"
diff --git a/rsync-git/readme.md b/rsync-git/readme.md
index 69043b70..7c678139 100644
--- a/rsync-git/readme.md
+++ b/rsync-git/readme.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ rSync Git Package Definition
 rSync is an optional tool in msys2. A standard git installation contains the
 standard msys2 tools. Optional tools can be downloaded and placed in the
 ``usr\bin`` directory in the git installation. Therefore, this package
-definition depends on an existing git installation.
+definition depends on an existing git installation of at least version 2.41.0.1.
 
 Additionally, the rSync package itself is a ``tar.zst`` file and cannot be
 unzipped natively in Windows. It requires a tool like 7-zip with Z-Standard
@@ -12,18 +12,15 @@ support, such as https://github.com/mcmilk/7-Zip-zstd. Therefore, this package
 depends on an existing 7-zip-zstd installation.
 
 ```yaml
-install_git:
+install_rsync_deps:
   pkg.installed:
-    - name: git
+    - pkgs:
+      - 7zip-zstd
+      - git: '>=2.41.0.1'
       
-install_7zip-zstd:
-  pkg.installed:
-    - name: 7zip-zstd
-    
 install_rsync-git:
   pkg.installed:
     - name: rsync-git
     - require:
-        - pkg: install_git
-        - pkg: install_7zip-zstd
+        - pkg: install_rsync_deps
 ```