diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/hooks.py b/rhodecode/lib/hooks.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/hooks.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/hooks.py
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ def handle_git_receive(repo_path, revs, 
     from rhodecode.model import init_model
     from rhodecode.model.db import RhodeCodeUi
     from rhodecode.lib.utils import make_ui
-    extras = json.loads(env['RHODECODE_EXTRAS'])
+    extras = _extract_extras(env)
 
     path, ini_name = os.path.split(extras['config'])
     conf = appconfig('config:%s' % ini_name, relative_to=path)
@@ -339,8 +339,6 @@ def handle_git_receive(repo_path, revs, 
 
     _hooks = dict(baseui.configitems('hooks')) or {}
 
-    for k, v in extras.items():
-        baseui.setconfig('rhodecode_extras', k, v)
     if hook_type == 'pre':
         repo = repo.scm_instance
     else:
diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/utils2.py b/rhodecode/lib/utils2.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/utils2.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/utils2.py
@@ -583,13 +583,16 @@ def get_server_url(environ):
     return req.host_url + req.script_name
 
 
-def _extract_extras():
+def _extract_extras(env=None):
     """
     Extracts the rc extras data from os.environ, and wraps it into named
     AttributeDict object
     """
+    if not env:
+        env = os.environ
+
     try:
-        rc_extras = json.loads(os.environ['RC_SCM_DATA'])
+        rc_extras = json.loads(env['RC_SCM_DATA'])
     except:
         print os.environ
         print >> sys.stderr, traceback.format_exc()