diff --git a/libimagstorestdhook/src/vcs/git/runtime.rs b/libimagstorestdhook/src/vcs/git/runtime.rs
index 0fb26326..76895935 100644
--- a/libimagstorestdhook/src/vcs/git/runtime.rs
+++ b/libimagstorestdhook/src/vcs/git/runtime.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
-use git2::{Index, Repository};
+use git2::Repository;
 use toml::Value;
 
 use libimagerror::into::IntoError;
@@ -155,25 +155,5 @@ impl Runtime {
         .map_dbg(|_| format!("[GIT {} HOOK]: Branch checked out", action.uppercase()))
     }
 
-    /// Check whether the WD is "dirty" - whether there is a diff to the repository
-    /// This function returns false if there is no `Repository` object in the `Runtime`
-    pub fn repo_is_dirty(&self, index: &Index) -> bool {
-        match self.repository.as_ref() {
-            Some(repo) => {
-                repo.diff_index_to_workdir(Some(index), None)
-                    .map_dbg_str("Fetched diff: Index <-> WD")
-                    .map_dbg_err_str("Failed to fetch diff: Index <-> WD")
-                    .map(|diff| diff.deltas().count() != 0)
-                    .unwrap_or(false)
-            },
-
-            None => {
-                debug!("No repository: Cannot fetch diff: Index <-> WD");
-                false
-            }
-        }
-
-    }
-
 }
 
diff --git a/libimagstorestdhook/src/vcs/git/update.rs b/libimagstorestdhook/src/vcs/git/update.rs
index 48fd7374..833d6879 100644
--- a/libimagstorestdhook/src/vcs/git/update.rs
+++ b/libimagstorestdhook/src/vcs/git/update.rs
@@ -131,13 +131,6 @@ impl StoreIdAccessor for UpdateHook {
         let repo      = try!(self.runtime.repository(&action));
         let mut index = try!(fetch_index(repo, &action));
 
-        if !self.runtime.repo_is_dirty(&index) {
-            debug!("[GIT UPDATE HOOK]: Repository seems to be clean. I'm done.");
-            return Ok(())
-        } else {
-            debug!("[GIT UPDATE HOOK]: Repository seems to be dirty. Continuing.");
-        }
-
         let signature = try!(
             repo.signature()
                 .map_err_into(GHEK::MkSignature)