diff --git a/pagure/hooks/files/hookrunner b/pagure/hooks/files/hookrunner
index 3736470..4edf6a2 100755
--- a/pagure/hooks/files/hookrunner
+++ b/pagure/hooks/files/hookrunner
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ import sys
 # as a python module (for example if you run it from a git clone).
 #sys.path.insert(0, '/path/to/pagure/')
 
+if os.environ.get("internal_no_hooks", False):
+    # we do this check before any pagure machinery is imported
+    # and initialized to make sure this is very fast (used
+    # when pushing code from original repos to forks)
+    sys.exit(0)
+
 if "PAGURE_CONFIG" not in os.environ and os.path.exists(
     "/etc/pagure/pagure.cfg"
 ):
diff --git a/pagure/lib/tasks.py b/pagure/lib/tasks.py
index eb44613..a3deb4e 100644
--- a/pagure/lib/tasks.py
+++ b/pagure/lib/tasks.py
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ def fork(
                     "pagure",
                     "remotes/%s" % branchname,
                     "refs/heads/%s" % localname,
-                    internal="yes",
+                    internal_no_hooks="yes",
                 )
 
         if not repo_to.is_on_repospanner and not repo_to.private: