diff --git a/kallithea/config/post_receive_tmpl.py b/kallithea/config/post_receive_tmpl.py
--- a/kallithea/config/post_receive_tmpl.py
+++ b/kallithea/config/post_receive_tmpl.py
@@ -1,25 +1,12 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
-try:
-    import kallithea
-    KALLITHEA_HOOK_VER = '_TMPL_'
-    os.environ['KALLITHEA_HOOK_VER'] = KALLITHEA_HOOK_VER
-    from kallithea.lib.hooks import handle_git_post_receive as _handler
-except ImportError:
-    if os.environ.get('RC_DEBUG_GIT_HOOK'):
-        import traceback
-        print traceback.format_exc()
-    kallithea = None
+KALLITHEA_HOOK_VER = '_TMPL_'
+os.environ['KALLITHEA_HOOK_VER'] = KALLITHEA_HOOK_VER
+from kallithea.lib.hooks import handle_git_post_receive as _handler
 
 
 def main():
-    if kallithea is None:
-        # exit with success if we cannot import kallithea !!
-        # this allows simply push to this repo even without
-        # kallithea
-        sys.exit(0)
-
     repo_path = os.path.abspath('.')
     push_data = sys.stdin.readlines()
     # os.environ is modified here by a subprocess call that
diff --git a/kallithea/config/pre_receive_tmpl.py b/kallithea/config/pre_receive_tmpl.py
--- a/kallithea/config/pre_receive_tmpl.py
+++ b/kallithea/config/pre_receive_tmpl.py
@@ -1,25 +1,12 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
-try:
-    import kallithea
-    KALLITHEA_HOOK_VER = '_TMPL_'
-    os.environ['KALLITHEA_HOOK_VER'] = KALLITHEA_HOOK_VER
-    from kallithea.lib.hooks import handle_git_pre_receive as _handler
-except ImportError:
-    if os.environ.get('RC_DEBUG_GIT_HOOK'):
-        import traceback
-        print traceback.format_exc()
-    kallithea = None
+KALLITHEA_HOOK_VER = '_TMPL_'
+os.environ['KALLITHEA_HOOK_VER'] = KALLITHEA_HOOK_VER
+from kallithea.lib.hooks import handle_git_pre_receive as _handler
 
 
 def main():
-    if kallithea is None:
-        # exit with success if we cannot import kallithea !!
-        # this allows simply push to this repo even without
-        # kallithea
-        sys.exit(0)
-
     repo_path = os.path.abspath('.')
     push_data = sys.stdin.readlines()
     # os.environ is modified here by a subprocess call that