diff --git a/guix/git.scm b/guix/git.scm
index 410cd4c153e..1b0839b1e36 100644
--- a/guix/git.scm
+++ b/guix/git.scm
@@ -185,19 +185,13 @@ the 'SSL_CERT_FILE' and 'SSL_CERT_DIR' environment variables."
 (define (make-default-fetch-options)
   "Return the default fetch options."
   (let ((auth-method (%make-auth-ssh-agent)))
-    ;; The #:transfer-progress and #:proxy-url options appeared in Guile-Git
-    ;; 0.4.0.  Omit them when using an older version.
-    (catch 'wrong-number-of-args
-      (lambda ()
-        (make-fetch-options auth-method
-                            ;; Guile-Git doesn't distinguish between these.
-                            #:proxy-url (or (getenv "http_proxy")
-                                            (getenv "https_proxy"))
-                            #:transfer-progress
-                            (and (isatty? (current-error-port))
-                                 show-progress)))
-      (lambda args
-        (make-fetch-options auth-method)))))
+    (make-fetch-options auth-method
+                        ;; Guile-Git doesn't distinguish between these.
+                        #:proxy-url (or (getenv "http_proxy")
+                                        (getenv "https_proxy"))
+                        #:transfer-progress
+                        (and (isatty? (current-error-port))
+                             show-progress))))
 
 (define GITERR_HTTP
   ;; Guile-Git <= 0.5.2 lacks this constant.