diff --git a/roles/distgit/files/setup_git_package b/roles/distgit/files/setup_git_package
index df76927300..4b30d5aebd 100644
--- a/roles/distgit/files/setup_git_package
+++ b/roles/distgit/files/setup_git_package
@@ -108,16 +108,6 @@ git commit -q -m 'Initial setup of the repo' --author "$AUTHOR"
 git push -q origin master
 popd >/dev/null
 
-# Setup our update hooks
-#mkdir -p $GITROOT/$PACKAGE.git/hooks/update-chained.d
-#ln -s /etc/gitolite/hooks/common/update \
-#    $GITROOT/$PACKAGE.git/hooks/update-chained.d/update-gitolite
-#ln -s /usr/share/git-core/update-block-push-origin \
-#    $GITROOT/$PACKAGE.git/hooks/update-chained.d/update-block-push-origin
-
-# This one kicks off all the others in update-chained.d
-#ln -s /usr/share/git-core/update-chained $GITROOT/$PACKAGE.git/hooks/update
-
 # Place the gitolite update hook in place since we're not using our own
 ln -s /etc/gitolite/hooks/common/update $GITROOT/$PACKAGE.git/hooks/update
 
diff --git a/roles/git/hooks/files/update-chained b/roles/git/hooks/files/update-chained
deleted file mode 100644
index 6062f4bf9c..0000000000
--- a/roles/git/hooks/files/update-chained
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-
-refname="${1}"
-sha1_old="${2}"
-sha1_new="${3}"
-
-
-$GIT_DIR/hooks/update-chained.d/update-gitolite "$refname" "$sha1_old" "$sha1_new" || exit 1
-$GIT_DIR/hooks/update-chained.d/update-block-push-origin "$refname" "$sha1_old" "$sha1_new" || exit 1
-
-exit 0
diff --git a/roles/git/hooks/tasks/main.yml b/roles/git/hooks/tasks/main.yml
index 84a049622f..ff17b80e93 100644
--- a/roles/git/hooks/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/git/hooks/tasks/main.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
   - post-receive-fedmsg
   - post-receive-chained
   - update-block-push-origin
-  - update-chained
 
 - name: install the git mail hooks
   copy: src={{item}} dest=/usr/share/git-core/mail-hooks/ mode=0755