diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/vcs/backends/hg/repository.py b/rhodecode/lib/vcs/backends/hg/repository.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/vcs/backends/hg/repository.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/vcs/backends/hg/repository.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ from rhodecode.lib.vcs.utils.paths impor
 from rhodecode.lib.vcs.utils.hgcompat import (
     ui, nullid, match, patch, diffopts, clone, get_contact, pull,
     localrepository, RepoLookupError, Abort, RepoError, hex, scmutil, hg_url,
-    httpbasicauthhandler, httpdigestauthhandler
+    httpbasicauthhandler, httpdigestauthhandler, peer
 )
 
 from .changeset import MercurialChangeset
@@ -515,7 +515,8 @@ class MercurialRepository(BaseRepository
         """
         url = self._get_url(url)
         try:
-            pull(self.baseui, self._repo, url)
+            other = peer(self._repo, {}, url)
+            self._repo.pull(other, heads=None, force=None)
         except Abort, err:
             # Propagate error but with vcs's type
             raise RepositoryError(str(err))
diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/vcs/utils/hgcompat.py b/rhodecode/lib/vcs/utils/hgcompat.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/vcs/utils/hgcompat.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/vcs/utils/hgcompat.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ from mercurial import discovery
 from mercurial import localrepo
 from mercurial import scmutil
 from mercurial.discovery import findcommonoutgoing
+from mercurial.hg import peer
 
 from mercurial.util import url as hg_url