diff --git a/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-hg b/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-hg
index cfa96c16b2..80b3606737 100755
--- a/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-hg
+++ b/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-hg
@@ -373,10 +373,6 @@ def export_ref(repo, name, kind, head):
     ename = '%s/%s' % (kind, name)
     tip = marks.get_tip(ename)
 
-    # mercurial takes too much time checking this
-    if tip and tip == head.rev():
-        # nothing to do
-        return
     revs = xrange(tip, head.rev() + 1)
     count = 0