diff --git a/build-info-extractor/src/main/java/org/jfrog/build/extractor/clientConfiguration/util/GitUtils.java b/build-info-extractor/src/main/java/org/jfrog/build/extractor/clientConfiguration/util/GitUtils.java
index cdfc0e5a2..509a587a1 100644
--- a/build-info-extractor/src/main/java/org/jfrog/build/extractor/clientConfiguration/util/GitUtils.java
+++ b/build-info-extractor/src/main/java/org/jfrog/build/extractor/clientConfiguration/util/GitUtils.java
@@ -1,20 +1,22 @@
 package org.jfrog.build.extractor.clientConfiguration.util;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
-import org.eclipse.jgit.api.Git;
-import org.eclipse.jgit.api.errors.GitAPIException;
-import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository;
-import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevCommit;
-import org.eclipse.jgit.storage.file.FileRepositoryBuilder;
 import org.jfrog.build.api.util.Log;
 import org.jfrog.build.extractor.ci.Vcs;
+import org.jfrog.build.extractor.executor.CommandExecutor;
+import org.jfrog.build.extractor.executor.CommandResults;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static org.jfrog.build.api.IssuesCollectionConfig.ISSUES_COLLECTION_ERROR_PREFIX;
 
 public class GitUtils {
+    private static final String GIT_LOG_LIMIT = "100";
 
     private static File getDotGit(File file) {
         if (file == null) {
@@ -191,21 +193,18 @@ private static String extractVcsBranch(File dotGit, Log log) throws IOException
         return "";
     }
 
-    private static String extractVcsMessage(File dotGit, Log log) throws IOException {
-        FileRepositoryBuilder repositoryBuilder = new FileRepositoryBuilder();
-        Repository repository = repositoryBuilder.setGitDir(dotGit)
-                .readEnvironment()
-                .findGitDir()
-                .build();
-        RevCommit latestCommit;
+    private static String extractVcsMessage(File dotGit, Log log) {
+        String warnMessage = "Failed fetching commit message from git directory: " + dotGit + "\nWith the following error: ";
         try {
-            latestCommit = new Git(repository).log().setMaxCount(1).call().iterator().next();
-        } catch (GitAPIException e) {
-            log.warn("Failed fetching commit message from git directory: " + dotGit + "\nWith the following error: " + e.getMessage());
-            return "";
+            CommandResults res = getGitLog(dotGit, log, 1);
+            if (res.isOk()) {
+                return res.getRes().trim();
+            }
+            log.warn(warnMessage + res.getErr());
+        } catch (InterruptedException | IOException e) {
+            log.warn(warnMessage + e.getMessage());
         }
-
-        return latestCommit.getFullMessage().trim();
+        return "";
     }
 
     /**
@@ -215,4 +214,24 @@ private static class RevisionOrRef {
         private String revision;
         private String ref;
     }
+
+    public static CommandResults getGitLog(File execDir, Log logger, String previousVcsRevision) throws InterruptedException, IOException {
+        return getGitLog(execDir, logger, previousVcsRevision, 0);
+    }
+
+    public static CommandResults getGitLog(File execDir, Log logger, int limit) throws InterruptedException, IOException {
+        return getGitLog(execDir, logger, "", limit);
+    }
+
+    public static CommandResults getGitLog(File execDir, Log logger, String previousVcsRevision, int limit) throws InterruptedException, IOException {
+        List<String> args = new ArrayList<>();
+        args.add("log");
+        args.add("--pretty=format:%s");
+        args.add("-" + (limit == 0 ? GIT_LOG_LIMIT : limit));
+        if (!previousVcsRevision.isEmpty()) {
+            args.add(previousVcsRevision + "..");
+        }
+        CommandExecutor commandExecutor = new CommandExecutor("git", null);
+        return commandExecutor.exeCommand(execDir, args, null, logger);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/build-info-extractor/src/main/java/org/jfrog/build/extractor/issuesCollection/IssuesCollector.java b/build-info-extractor/src/main/java/org/jfrog/build/extractor/issuesCollection/IssuesCollector.java
index 2a5e8ca17..c14162aab 100644
--- a/build-info-extractor/src/main/java/org/jfrog/build/extractor/issuesCollection/IssuesCollector.java
+++ b/build-info-extractor/src/main/java/org/jfrog/build/extractor/issuesCollection/IssuesCollector.java
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 import org.jfrog.build.api.util.Log;
 import org.jfrog.build.extractor.clientConfiguration.ArtifactoryManagerBuilder;
 import org.jfrog.build.extractor.clientConfiguration.client.artifactory.ArtifactoryManager;
-import org.jfrog.build.extractor.executor.CommandExecutor;
+import org.jfrog.build.extractor.clientConfiguration.util.GitUtils;
 import org.jfrog.build.extractor.executor.CommandResults;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ public class IssuesCollector implements Serializable {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
     private static final String LATEST = "LATEST";
-    private static final String GIT_LOG_LIMIT = "100";
 
     public static Pattern REVISION_NOT_EXIST;
 
@@ -145,15 +144,7 @@ private Issue getMatchingIssue(int keyIndex, int summaryIndex, Matcher matcher,
     }
 
     private String getGitLog(File execDir, Log logger, String previousVcsRevision) throws InterruptedException, IOException {
-        List<String> args = new ArrayList<>();
-        args.add("log");
-        args.add("--pretty=format:%s");
-        args.add("-" + GIT_LOG_LIMIT);
-        if (!previousVcsRevision.isEmpty()) {
-            args.add(previousVcsRevision + "..");
-        }
-        CommandExecutor commandExecutor = new CommandExecutor("git", null);
-        CommandResults res = commandExecutor.exeCommand(execDir, args, null, logger);
+        CommandResults res = GitUtils.getGitLog(execDir, logger, previousVcsRevision);
         if (!res.isOk()) {
             if (getRevisionNotExistPattern().matcher(res.getErr()).find()) {
                 logger.info("Revision: " + previousVcsRevision + " that was fetched from latest build info does not exist in the git revision range. No new issues are added.");
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 5b945f9a1..e2120493f 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -268,7 +268,6 @@ project('build-info-extractor') {
     apply plugin: 'java-test-fixtures'
     description = 'JFrog Build-Info Extractor'
     dependencies {
-        implementation 'org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit:5.13.0.202109080827-r'
         implementation project(':build-info-client')
         implementation project(':build-info-api')