diff --git a/pagure/hooks/files/fedmsg_hook.py b/pagure/hooks/files/fedmsg_hook.py
index 443c47f..89a93eb 100755
--- a/pagure/hooks/files/fedmsg_hook.py
+++ b/pagure/hooks/files/fedmsg_hook.py
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ seen = []
 # Read in all the rev information git-receive-pack hands us.
 for line in sys.stdin.readlines():
     (oldrev, newrev, refname) = line.strip().split(' ', 2)
+
+    if set(newrev) = set(['0']):
+            print "Deleting a reference/branch, so we won't run the "\
+                "pagure hook"
+            return
+
     revs = pagure.lib.git.get_revs_between(oldrev, newrev, abspath)
     project = pagure.lib.git.get_repo_name(abspath)
 
diff --git a/pagure/hooks/files/pagure_hook_requests.py b/pagure/hooks/files/pagure_hook_requests.py
index 8b05657..9d2b8cd 100755
--- a/pagure/hooks/files/pagure_hook_requests.py
+++ b/pagure/hooks/files/pagure_hook_requests.py
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ def run_as_post_receive_hook():
         print '  -- Ref name'
         print refname
 
+        if set(newrev) = set(['0']):
+            print "Deleting a reference/branch, so we won't run the "\
+                "pagure hook"
+            return
+
         tmp = set(get_files_to_load(
             pagure.lib.git.get_revs_between(oldrev, newrev, abspath)))
         file_list = file_list.union(tmp)
diff --git a/pagure/hooks/files/pagure_hook_tickets.py b/pagure/hooks/files/pagure_hook_tickets.py
index dfa439a..5c708a7 100755
--- a/pagure/hooks/files/pagure_hook_tickets.py
+++ b/pagure/hooks/files/pagure_hook_tickets.py
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ def run_as_post_receive_hook():
         print '  -- Ref name'
         print refname
 
+        if set(newrev) = set(['0']):
+            print "Deleting a reference/branch, so we won't run the "\
+                "pagure hook"
+            return
+
         tmp = set(get_files_to_load(
             pagure.lib.git.get_revs_between(oldrev, newrev, abspath)))
         file_list = file_list.union(tmp)