diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4a566204d..9e278427e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ option(NO_MARBLE "disable the marble widget" OFF)
 option(NO_DOCS "disable the docs" OFF)
 option(NO_PRINTING "disable the printing support" OFF)
 option(NO_USERMANUAL "don't include a viewer for the user manual" OFF)
-option(USE_LIBGIT23_API "allow building with libgit2 master" OFF)
 option(FORCE_LIBSSH "force linking with libssh to workaround libgit2 bug" ON)
 option(SUBSURFACE_MOBILE "build the QtQuick version for mobile device" OFF)
 option(FBSUPPORT "allow posting to Facebook" ON)
@@ -89,40 +88,37 @@ endif()
 if(LIBGIT2_FROM_PKGCONFIG)
 	pkg_config_library(LIBGIT2 libgit2 REQUIRED)
 	set(LIBGIT2_LIBRARIES "")
-	if(USE_LIBGIT23_API)
-		set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -DUSE_LIBGIT23_API")
-		set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -DUSE_LIBGIT23_API")
-		if(ANDROID)
-			# for Android we need to force a static link against ssl and crypto
-			# this is a bit hacky, but it seems to work
-			set(LIBGIT2_LIBRARIES ${LIBGIT2_LIBRARIES} ${LIBGIT2_LIBRARY_DIRS}/libssl.a ${LIBGIT2_LIBRARY_DIRS}/libcrypto.a)
-		endif()
-		if(FORCE_LIBSSH)
-			pkg_config_library(LIBSSH2 libssh2 REQUIRED)
-			set(LIBGIT2_LIBRARIES ${LIBGIT2_LIBRARIES} ${LIBSSH2_LIBRARIES})
-		endif()
+	if(ANDROID)
+		# for Android we need to force a static link against ssl and crypto
+		# this is a bit hacky, but it seems to work
+		set(LIBGIT2_LIBRARIES ${LIBGIT2_LIBRARIES} ${LIBGIT2_LIBRARY_DIRS}/libssl.a ${LIBGIT2_LIBRARY_DIRS}/libcrypto.a)
+	endif()
+	if(FORCE_LIBSSH)
+		pkg_config_library(LIBSSH2 libssh2 REQUIRED)
+		set(LIBGIT2_LIBRARIES ${LIBGIT2_LIBRARIES} ${LIBSSH2_LIBRARIES})
 	endif()
 else()
 	find_package(LIBGIT2 REQUIRED)
 	include_directories(${LIBGIT2_INCLUDE_DIR})
-	if(USE_LIBGIT23_API)
-		set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -DUSE_LIBGIT23_API")
-		set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -DUSE_LIBGIT23_API")
-		if(FORCE_LIBSSH)
-			find_package(Libssh2 QUIET CONFIG)
-			if ("${LIBSSH2_VERSION}" STRGREATER "1.6.1")
-				set(LIBSSH2_LIBRARIES Libssh2::libssh2)
-			endif()
-			if(!LIBSSH2_FOUND OR "${LIBSSH2_FOUND}" STREQUAL "")
-				pkg_config_library(LIBSSH2 libssh2 REQUIRED)
-			endif()
+	if(FORCE_LIBSSH)
+		find_package(Libssh2 QUIET CONFIG)
+		find_package(Libssh2 REQUIRED)
+		if ("${LIBSSH2_VERSION}" STRGREATER "1.6.1")
+			set(LIBSSH2_LIBRARIES Libssh2::libssh2)
 		endif()
-		find_package(libcurl QUIET)
-		if(!LIBCURL_FOUND OR "${LIBCURL_FOUND}" STREQUAL "")
-			pkg_config_library(LIBCURL libcurl REQUIRED)
+ get_cmake_property(_variableNames VARIABLES)
+ foreach (_variableName ${_variableNames})
+     message(STATUS "${_variableName}=${${_variableName}}")
+ endforeach()
+		if(!Libssh2_FOUND OR "${Libssh2_FOUND}" STREQUAL "")
+			pkg_config_library(LIBSSH2 libssh2 REQUIRED)
 		endif()
-		set(LIBGIT2_LIBRARIES ${LIBGIT2_LIBRARIES} -L${LIBSSH2_LIBRARY_DIRS} ${LIBSSH2_LIBRARIES} ${LIBCURL_LIBRARIES})
 	endif()
+	find_package(libcurl QUIET)
+	if(!LIBCURL_FOUND OR "${LIBCURL_FOUND}" STREQUAL "")
+		pkg_config_library(LIBCURL libcurl REQUIRED)
+	endif()
+	set(LIBGIT2_LIBRARIES ${LIBGIT2_LIBRARIES} -L${LIBSSH2_LIBRARY_DIRS} ${LIBSSH2_LIBRARIES} ${LIBCURL_LIBRARIES})
 endif()
 
 if(LIBDC_FROM_PKGCONFIG)
@@ -311,6 +307,10 @@ if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Darwin")
 		set(MACOSX_BUNDLE_GUI_IDENTIFIER "org.subsurface-divelog")
 		set(MACOSX_BUNDLE_BUNDLE_NAME "Subsurface")
 	endif()
+
+	# on the Mac with Homebrew, libzip ends up with odd include dirs
+	include_directories(${LIBZIP_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+
 	find_library(APP_SERVICES_LIBRARY ApplicationServices)
 	find_library(HID_LIB HidApi)
 	set(SUBSURFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES ${SUBSURFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES} ${HID_LIB})
diff --git a/desktop-widgets/mainwindow.cpp b/desktop-widgets/mainwindow.cpp
index 93cd2d408..62b72441f 100644
--- a/desktop-widgets/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/desktop-widgets/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -197,13 +197,7 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow() : QMainWindow(),
 	plannerDetails->printPlan()->hide();
 	ui.menuFile->removeAction(ui.actionPrint);
 #endif
-#ifndef USE_LIBGIT23_API
-	ui.menuFile->removeAction(ui.actionCloudstorageopen);
-	ui.menuFile->removeAction(ui.actionCloudstoragesave);
-	qDebug() << "disabled / made invisible the cloud storage stuff";
-#else
 	enableDisableCloudActions();
-#endif
 
 	GpsLocation *locationProvider = new GpsLocation(&report_message, this);
 	if (!locationProvider->hasLocationsSource()) {
@@ -314,10 +308,8 @@ void MainWindow::on_actionDiveSiteEdit_triggered() {
 
 void MainWindow::enableDisableCloudActions()
 {
-#ifdef USE_LIBGIT23_API
 	ui.actionCloudstorageopen->setEnabled(prefs.cloud_verification_status == CS_VERIFIED);
 	ui.actionCloudstoragesave->setEnabled(prefs.cloud_verification_status == CS_VERIFIED);
-#endif
 }
 
 PlannerDetails *MainWindow::plannerDetails() const {
diff --git a/packaging/android/build.sh b/packaging/android/build.sh
index b03bfef19..a7771bc1a 100644
--- a/packaging/android/build.sh
+++ b/packaging/android/build.sh
@@ -294,7 +294,6 @@ cmake $MOBILE_CMAKE \
 	-DFORCE_LIBSSH=ON \
 	-DLIBDC_FROM_PKGCONFIG=ON \
 	-DLIBGIT2_FROM_PKGCONFIG=ON \
-	-DUSE_LIBGIT23_API=ON \
 	-DNO_MARBLE=ON \
 	-DNO_PRINTING=ON \
 	-DNO_USERMANUAL=ON \
diff --git a/packaging/windows/mxe-based-build.sh b/packaging/windows/mxe-based-build.sh
index 16440560e..ea34b6c66 100755
--- a/packaging/windows/mxe-based-build.sh
+++ b/packaging/windows/mxe-based-build.sh
@@ -346,7 +346,6 @@ else
 		-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$RELEASE \
 		-DQT_TRANSLATION_DIR="$BASEDIR"/mxe/usr/i686-w64-mingw32.shared/qt5/translations \
 		-DMAKENSIS=i686-w64-mingw32.shared-makensis \
-		-DUSE_LIBGIT23_API=1 \
 		-DLIBDIVECOMPUTER_INCLUDE_DIR="$BASEDIR"/mxe/usr/i686-w64-mingw32.shared/include \
 		-DLIBDIVECOMPUTER_LIBRARIES="$BASEDIR"/mxe/usr/i686-w64-mingw32.shared/lib/libdivecomputer.dll.a \
 		-DMARBLE_INCLUDE_DIR="$BASEDIR"/mxe/usr/i686-w64-mingw32.shared/include \
diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index d18993d61..1ea0e3ef0 100755
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -180,8 +180,7 @@ cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug .. \
 	-DLIBDIVECOMPUTER_LIBRARIES=$INSTALL_ROOT/lib/libdivecomputer.a \
 	-DMARBLE_INCLUDE_DIR=$INSTALL_ROOT/include \
 	-DMARBLE_LIBRARIES=$INSTALL_ROOT/lib/libssrfmarblewidget.$SH_LIB_EXT \
-	-DNO_PRINTING=OFF \
-	-DUSE_LIBGIT23_API=1
+	-DNO_PRINTING=OFF
 
 if [ $PLATFORM = Darwin ] ; then
 	rm -rf Subsurface.app
diff --git a/subsurface-core/git-access.c b/subsurface-core/git-access.c
index 607789f98..79e52b5a4 100644
--- a/subsurface-core/git-access.c
+++ b/subsurface-core/git-access.c
@@ -17,34 +17,6 @@
 #include "git-access.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 
-/*
- * The libgit2 people are incompetent at making libraries. They randomly change
- * the interfaces, often just renaming things without any sane way to know which
- * version you should check for etc etc. It's a disgrace.
- */
-#if !LIBGIT2_VER_MAJOR && LIBGIT2_VER_MINOR < 22
-  #define git_remote_lookup(res, repo, name) git_remote_load(res, repo, name)
-  #if LIBGIT2_VER_MINOR <= 20
-    #define git_remote_fetch(remote, refspecs, signature, reflog) git_remote_fetch(remote)
-  #else
-    #define git_remote_fetch(remote, refspecs, signature, reflog) git_remote_fetch(remote, signature, reflog)
-  #endif
-#endif
-
-#if !USE_LIBGIT23_API && !LIBGIT2_VER_MAJOR && LIBGIT2_VER_MINOR == 22
-  #define git_remote_push(remote,refspecs,opts) git_remote_push(remote,refspecs,opts,NULL,NULL)
-  #define git_reference_set_target(out,ref,id,log_message) git_reference_set_target(out,ref,id,NULL,log_message)
-  #define git_reset(repo,target,reset_type,checkout_opts) git_reset(repo,target,reset_type,checkout_opts,NULL,NULL)
-#endif
-
-/*
- * api break introduced in libgit2 master after 0.22 - let's guess this is the v0.23 API
- */
-#if USE_LIBGIT23_API || (!LIBGIT2_VER_MAJOR && LIBGIT2_VER_MINOR >= 23)
-  #define git_branch_create(out, repo, branch_name, target, force, signature, log_message) \
-	git_branch_create(out, repo, branch_name, target, force)
-#endif
-
 bool is_subsurface_cloud = false;
 
 int (*update_progress_cb)(int) = NULL;
@@ -181,7 +153,6 @@ static int reset_to_remote(git_repository *repo, git_reference *local, const git
 	return 0;
 }
 
-#if USE_LIBGIT23_API
 int credential_ssh_cb(git_cred **out,
 		  const char *url,
 		  const char *username_from_url,
@@ -225,8 +196,6 @@ int certificate_check_cb(git_cert *cert, int valid, const char *host, void *payl
 	return valid;
 }
 
-#endif
-
 static int update_remote(git_repository *repo, git_remote *origin, git_reference *local, git_reference *remote, enum remote_transport rt)
 {
 	git_push_options opts = GIT_PUSH_OPTIONS_INIT;
@@ -239,14 +208,13 @@ static int update_remote(git_repository *repo, git_remote *origin, git_reference
 	refspec.count = 1;
 	refspec.strings = (char **)&name;
 
-#if USE_LIBGIT23_API
 	opts.callbacks.push_transfer_progress = &push_transfer_progress_cb;
 	if (rt == RT_SSH)
 		opts.callbacks.credentials = credential_ssh_cb;
 	else if (rt == RT_HTTPS)
 		opts.callbacks.credentials = credential_https_cb;
 	opts.callbacks.certificate_check = certificate_check_cb;
-#endif
+
 	if (git_remote_push(origin, &refspec, &opts)) {
 		if (is_subsurface_cloud)
 			return report_error(translate("gettextFromC", "Could not update Subsurface cloud storage, try again later"));
@@ -274,11 +242,7 @@ static int try_to_git_merge(git_repository *repo, git_reference *local, git_refe
 	}
 
 	git_merge_init_options(&merge_options, GIT_MERGE_OPTIONS_VERSION);
-#ifdef USE_LIBGIT23_API
 	merge_options.tree_flags = GIT_MERGE_TREE_FIND_RENAMES;
-#else
-	merge_options.flags = GIT_MERGE_TREE_FIND_RENAMES;
-#endif
 	merge_options.file_favor = GIT_MERGE_FILE_FAVOR_UNION;
 	merge_options.rename_threshold = 100;
 	if (git_commit_lookup(&local_commit, repo, local_id)) {
@@ -475,7 +439,6 @@ static int check_remote_status(git_repository *repo, git_remote *origin, const c
 		 * let's push our branch */
 		git_strarray refspec;
 		git_reference_list(&refspec, repo);
-#if USE_LIBGIT23_API
 		git_push_options opts = GIT_PUSH_OPTIONS_INIT;
 		opts.callbacks.transfer_progress = &transfer_progress_cb;
 		if (rt == RT_SSH)
@@ -484,9 +447,6 @@ static int check_remote_status(git_repository *repo, git_remote *origin, const c
 			opts.callbacks.credentials = credential_https_cb;
 		opts.callbacks.certificate_check = certificate_check_cb;
 		error = git_remote_push(origin, &refspec, &opts);
-#else
-		error = git_remote_push(origin, &refspec, NULL);
-#endif
 	} else {
 		error = try_to_update(repo, origin, local_ref, remote_ref, remote, branch, rt);
 		git_reference_free(remote_ref);
@@ -535,7 +495,6 @@ int sync_with_remote(git_repository *repo, const char *remote, const char *branc
 	}
 	if (verbose)
 		fprintf(stderr, "git storage: fetch remote\n");
-#if USE_LIBGIT23_API
 	git_fetch_options opts = GIT_FETCH_OPTIONS_INIT;
 	opts.callbacks.transfer_progress = &transfer_progress_cb;
 	if (rt == RT_SSH)
@@ -544,9 +503,6 @@ int sync_with_remote(git_repository *repo, const char *remote, const char *branc
 		opts.callbacks.credentials = credential_https_cb;
 	opts.callbacks.certificate_check = certificate_check_cb;
 	error = git_remote_fetch(origin, NULL, &opts, NULL);
-#else
-	error = git_remote_fetch(origin, NULL, NULL, NULL);
-#endif
 	// NOTE! A fetch error is not fatal, we just report it
 	if (error) {
 		if (is_subsurface_cloud)
@@ -654,7 +610,6 @@ static git_repository *create_local_repo(const char *localdir, const char *remot
 	if (verbose)
 		fprintf(stderr, "git storage: create_local_repo\n");
 
-#if USE_LIBGIT23_API
 	opts.fetch_opts.callbacks.transfer_progress = &transfer_progress_cb;
 	if (rt == RT_SSH)
 		opts.fetch_opts.callbacks.credentials = credential_ssh_cb;
@@ -662,7 +617,7 @@ static git_repository *create_local_repo(const char *localdir, const char *remot
 		opts.fetch_opts.callbacks.credentials = credential_https_cb;
 	opts.repository_cb = repository_create_cb;
 	opts.fetch_opts.callbacks.certificate_check = certificate_check_cb;
-#endif
+
 	opts.checkout_branch = branch;
 	if (rt == RT_HTTPS && !canReachCloudServer())
 		return 0;
diff --git a/subsurface-core/save-git.c b/subsurface-core/save-git.c
index e4bf1a5cd..9bdf9dfd0 100644
--- a/subsurface-core/save-git.c
+++ b/subsurface-core/save-git.c
@@ -18,35 +18,6 @@
 #include "version.h"
 #include "qthelperfromc.h"
 
-/*
- * handle libgit2 revision 0.20 and earlier
- */
-#if !LIBGIT2_VER_MAJOR && LIBGIT2_VER_MINOR <= 20 && !defined(USE_LIBGIT21_API)
-  #define GIT_CHECKOUT_OPTIONS_INIT GIT_CHECKOUT_OPTS_INIT
-  #define git_checkout_options git_checkout_opts
-  #define git_branch_create(out,repo,branch_name,target,force,sig,msg) \
-	git_branch_create(out,repo,branch_name,target,force)
-  #define git_reference_set_target(out,ref,target,signature,log_message) \
-	git_reference_set_target(out,ref,target)
-#endif
-/*
- * api break in libgit2 revision 0.22
- */
-#if !LIBGIT2_VER_MAJOR && LIBGIT2_VER_MINOR < 22
-  #define git_treebuilder_new(out, repo, source) git_treebuilder_create(out, source)
-#else
-  #define git_treebuilder_write(id, repo, bld)   git_treebuilder_write(id, bld)
-#endif
-/*
- * api break introduced in libgit2 master after 0.22 - let's guess this is the v0.23 API
- */
-#if USE_LIBGIT23_API || (!LIBGIT2_VER_MAJOR && LIBGIT2_VER_MINOR >= 23)
-  #define git_branch_create(out, repo, branch_name, target, force, signature, log_message) \
-	git_branch_create(out, repo, branch_name, target, force)
-  #define git_reference_set_target(out, ref, id, author, log_message) \
-	git_reference_set_target(out, ref, id, log_message)
-#endif
-
 #define VA_BUF(b, fmt) do { va_list args; va_start(args, fmt); put_vformat(b, fmt, args); va_end(args); } while (0)
 
 static void cond_put_format(int cond, struct membuffer *b, const char *fmt, ...)
@@ -1143,7 +1114,7 @@ static int create_new_commit(git_repository *repo, const char *remote, const cha
 	}
 
 	if (!ref) {
-		if (git_branch_create(&ref, repo, branch, commit, 0, author, "Create branch"))
+		if (git_branch_create(&ref, repo, branch, commit, 0))
 			return report_error("Failed to create branch '%s'", branch);
 	}
 	/*
@@ -1162,7 +1133,7 @@ static int create_new_commit(git_repository *repo, const char *remote, const cha
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (git_reference_set_target(&ref, ref, &commit_id, author, "Subsurface save event"))
+	if (git_reference_set_target(&ref, ref, &commit_id, "Subsurface save event"))
 		return report_error("Failed to update branch '%s'", branch);
 	set_git_id(&commit_id);
 
@@ -1187,7 +1158,7 @@ static int write_git_tree(git_repository *repo, struct dir *tree, git_oid *resul
 	};
 
 	/* .. write out the resulting treebuilder */
-	ret = git_treebuilder_write(result, repo, tree->files);
+	ret = git_treebuilder_write(result, tree->files);
 
 	/* .. and free the now useless treebuilder */
 	git_treebuilder_free(tree->files);