diff --git a/git-gui b/git-gui
index d1054f6632..063d83c124 100755
--- a/git-gui
+++ b/git-gui
@@ -2216,10 +2216,6 @@ proc do_macosx_app {} {
 
 				file mkdir $MacOS
 
-				set fd [open [file join $Contents PkgInfo] w]
-				puts -nonewline $fd {APPL????}
-				close $fd
-
 				set fd [open [file join $Contents Info.plist] w]
 				puts $fd {<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">