diff --git a/grep.c b/grep.c
index 4b1e917ac5..9c2b259771 100644
--- a/grep.c
+++ b/grep.c
@@ -394,12 +394,6 @@ static void compile_pcre1_regexp(struct grep_pat *p, const struct grep_opt *opt)
 
 #ifdef GIT_PCRE1_USE_JIT
 	pcre_config(PCRE_CONFIG_JIT, &p->pcre1_jit_on);
-	if (p->pcre1_jit_on) {
-		p->pcre1_jit_stack = pcre_jit_stack_alloc(1, 1024 * 1024);
-		if (!p->pcre1_jit_stack)
-			die("Couldn't allocate PCRE JIT stack");
-		pcre_assign_jit_stack(p->pcre1_extra_info, NULL, p->pcre1_jit_stack);
-	}
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -411,18 +405,9 @@ static int pcre1match(struct grep_pat *p, const char *line, const char *eol,
 	if (eflags & REG_NOTBOL)
 		flags |= PCRE_NOTBOL;
 
-#ifdef GIT_PCRE1_USE_JIT
-	if (p->pcre1_jit_on) {
-		ret = pcre_jit_exec(p->pcre1_regexp, p->pcre1_extra_info, line,
-				    eol - line, 0, flags, ovector,
-				    ARRAY_SIZE(ovector), p->pcre1_jit_stack);
-	} else
-#endif
-	{
-		ret = pcre_exec(p->pcre1_regexp, p->pcre1_extra_info, line,
-				eol - line, 0, flags, ovector,
-				ARRAY_SIZE(ovector));
-	}
+	ret = pcre_exec(p->pcre1_regexp, p->pcre1_extra_info, line,
+			eol - line, 0, flags, ovector,
+			ARRAY_SIZE(ovector));
 
 	if (ret < 0 && ret != PCRE_ERROR_NOMATCH)
 		die("pcre_exec failed with error code %d", ret);
@@ -439,14 +424,11 @@ static void free_pcre1_regexp(struct grep_pat *p)
 {
 	pcre_free(p->pcre1_regexp);
 #ifdef GIT_PCRE1_USE_JIT
-	if (p->pcre1_jit_on) {
+	if (p->pcre1_jit_on)
 		pcre_free_study(p->pcre1_extra_info);
-		pcre_jit_stack_free(p->pcre1_jit_stack);
-	} else
+	else
 #endif
-	{
 		pcre_free(p->pcre1_extra_info);
-	}
 	pcre_free((void *)p->pcre1_tables);
 }
 #else /* !USE_LIBPCRE1 */
diff --git a/grep.h b/grep.h
index 4d8e300175..ce2d72571f 100644
--- a/grep.h
+++ b/grep.h
@@ -14,13 +14,9 @@
 #ifndef GIT_PCRE_STUDY_JIT_COMPILE
 #define GIT_PCRE_STUDY_JIT_COMPILE 0
 #endif
-#if PCRE_MAJOR <= 8 && PCRE_MINOR < 20
-typedef int pcre_jit_stack;
-#endif
 #else
 typedef int pcre;
 typedef int pcre_extra;
-typedef int pcre_jit_stack;
 #endif
 #ifdef USE_LIBPCRE2
 #define PCRE2_CODE_UNIT_WIDTH 8
@@ -85,7 +81,6 @@ struct grep_pat {
 	regex_t regexp;
 	pcre *pcre1_regexp;
 	pcre_extra *pcre1_extra_info;
-	pcre_jit_stack *pcre1_jit_stack;
 	const unsigned char *pcre1_tables;
 	int pcre1_jit_on;
 	pcre2_code *pcre2_pattern;