diff --git a/vcsserver/hook_utils/hook_templates/git_post_receive.py.tmpl b/vcsserver/hook_utils/hook_templates/git_post_receive.py.tmpl
--- a/vcsserver/hook_utils/hook_templates/git_post_receive.py.tmpl
+++ b/vcsserver/hook_utils/hook_templates/git_post_receive.py.tmpl
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def main():
         # this allows simply push to this repo even without rhodecode
         sys.exit(0)
 
-    if os.environ.get('RC_SKIP_HOOKS'):
+    if os.environ.get('RC_SKIP_HOOKS') or os.environ.get('RC_SKIP_GIT_HOOKS'):
         sys.exit(0)
 
     repo_path = os.getcwd()
diff --git a/vcsserver/hook_utils/hook_templates/git_pre_receive.py.tmpl b/vcsserver/hook_utils/hook_templates/git_pre_receive.py.tmpl
--- a/vcsserver/hook_utils/hook_templates/git_pre_receive.py.tmpl
+++ b/vcsserver/hook_utils/hook_templates/git_pre_receive.py.tmpl
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def main():
         # this allows simply push to this repo even without rhodecode
         sys.exit(0)
 
-    if os.environ.get('RC_SKIP_HOOKS'):
+    if os.environ.get('RC_SKIP_HOOKS') or os.environ.get('RC_SKIP_GIT_HOOKS'):
         sys.exit(0)
 
     repo_path = os.getcwd()
diff --git a/vcsserver/hook_utils/hook_templates/svn_post_commit_hook.py.tmpl b/vcsserver/hook_utils/hook_templates/svn_post_commit_hook.py.tmpl
--- a/vcsserver/hook_utils/hook_templates/svn_post_commit_hook.py.tmpl
+++ b/vcsserver/hook_utils/hook_templates/svn_post_commit_hook.py.tmpl
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def main():
         # this allows simply push to this repo even without rhodecode
         sys.exit(0)
 
-    if os.environ.get('RC_SKIP_HOOKS'):
+    if os.environ.get('RC_SKIP_HOOKS') or os.environ.get('RC_SKIP_SVN_HOOKS'):
         sys.exit(0)
     repo_path = os.getcwd()
     push_data = sys.argv[1:]
diff --git a/vcsserver/hook_utils/hook_templates/svn_pre_commit_hook.py.tmpl b/vcsserver/hook_utils/hook_templates/svn_pre_commit_hook.py.tmpl
--- a/vcsserver/hook_utils/hook_templates/svn_pre_commit_hook.py.tmpl
+++ b/vcsserver/hook_utils/hook_templates/svn_pre_commit_hook.py.tmpl
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def main():
         # exit with success if we cannot import vcsserver.hooks !!
         # this allows simply push to this repo even without rhodecode
         sys.exit(0)
-    if os.environ.get('RC_SKIP_HOOKS'):
+    if os.environ.get('RC_SKIP_HOOKS') or os.environ.get('RC_SKIP_SVN_HOOKS'):
         sys.exit(0)
     repo_path = os.getcwd()
     push_data = sys.argv[1:]