diff --git a/pkg/commands/git.go b/pkg/commands/git.go
index 722c217a2..3771ec003 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git.go
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ func (c *GitCommand) WorktreeFileDiffCmdStr(file *File, plain bool, cached bool)
 		colorArg = "never"
 	}
 
-	return fmt.Sprintf("git diff --color=%s %s %s %s", colorArg, cachedArg, trackedArg, fileName)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("git diff --no-ext-diff --color=%s %s %s %s", colorArg, cachedArg, trackedArg, fileName)
 }
 
 func (c *GitCommand) ApplyPatch(patch string, flags ...string) error {
@@ -1068,7 +1068,7 @@ func (c *GitCommand) GetFilesInDiff(from string, to string, reverse bool, patchM
 		reverseFlag = " -R "
 	}
 
-	filenames, err := c.OSCommand.RunCommandWithOutput("git diff --name-status %s %s %s", reverseFlag, from, to)
+	filenames, err := c.OSCommand.RunCommandWithOutput("git diff --no-ext-diff --name-status %s %s %s", reverseFlag, from, to)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@ func (c *GitCommand) ShowFileDiffCmdStr(from string, to string, reverse bool, fi
 		reverseFlag = " -R "
 	}
 
-	return fmt.Sprintf("git diff --no-renames --color=%s %s %s %s -- %s", colorArg, from, to, reverseFlag, fileName)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("git diff --no-ext-diff --no-renames --color=%s %s %s %s -- %s", colorArg, from, to, reverseFlag, fileName)
 }
 
 // CheckoutFile checks out the file for the given commit
diff --git a/pkg/commands/git_test.go b/pkg/commands/git_test.go
index 0991b96cd..d6761148b 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git_test.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git_test.go
@@ -1408,7 +1408,7 @@ func TestGitCommandDiff(t *testing.T) {
 			"Default case",
 			func(cmd string, args ...string) *exec.Cmd {
 				assert.EqualValues(t, "git", cmd)
-				assert.EqualValues(t, []string{"diff", "--color=always", "--", "test.txt"}, args)
+				assert.EqualValues(t, []string{"diff", "--no-ext-diff", "--color=always", "--", "test.txt"}, args)
 
 				return exec.Command("echo")
 			},
@@ -1424,7 +1424,7 @@ func TestGitCommandDiff(t *testing.T) {
 			"cached",
 			func(cmd string, args ...string) *exec.Cmd {
 				assert.EqualValues(t, "git", cmd)
-				assert.EqualValues(t, []string{"diff", "--color=always", "--cached", "--", "test.txt"}, args)
+				assert.EqualValues(t, []string{"diff", "--no-ext-diff", "--color=always", "--cached", "--", "test.txt"}, args)
 
 				return exec.Command("echo")
 			},
@@ -1440,7 +1440,7 @@ func TestGitCommandDiff(t *testing.T) {
 			"plain",
 			func(cmd string, args ...string) *exec.Cmd {
 				assert.EqualValues(t, "git", cmd)
-				assert.EqualValues(t, []string{"diff", "--color=never", "--", "test.txt"}, args)
+				assert.EqualValues(t, []string{"diff", "--no-ext-diff", "--color=never", "--", "test.txt"}, args)
 
 				return exec.Command("echo")
 			},
@@ -1456,7 +1456,7 @@ func TestGitCommandDiff(t *testing.T) {
 			"File not tracked and file has no staged changes",
 			func(cmd string, args ...string) *exec.Cmd {
 				assert.EqualValues(t, "git", cmd)
-				assert.EqualValues(t, []string{"diff", "--color=always", "--no-index", "/dev/null", "test.txt"}, args)
+				assert.EqualValues(t, []string{"diff", "--no-ext-diff", "--color=always", "--no-index", "/dev/null", "test.txt"}, args)
 
 				return exec.Command("echo")
 			},
diff --git a/pkg/gui/diffing.go b/pkg/gui/diffing.go
index ef7919273..a02c3d337 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/diffing.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/diffing.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) exitDiffMode() error {
 
 func (gui *Gui) renderDiff() error {
 	cmd := gui.OSCommand.ExecutableFromString(
-		fmt.Sprintf("git diff --color %s", gui.diffStr()),
+		fmt.Sprintf("git diff --no-ext-diff --color %s", gui.diffStr()),
 	)
 	task := gui.createRunPtyTask(cmd)