diff --git a/mercurial/bundlerepo.py b/mercurial/bundlerepo.py
--- a/mercurial/bundlerepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/bundlerepo.py
@@ -261,6 +261,9 @@ class bundlerepository(localrepo.localre
         if self._tempparent:
             shutil.rmtree(self._tempparent, True)
 
+    def cancopy(self):
+        return False
+
 def instance(ui, path, create):
     if create:
         raise util.Abort(_('cannot create new bundle repository'))
diff --git a/mercurial/hg.py b/mercurial/hg.py
--- a/mercurial/hg.py
+++ b/mercurial/hg.py
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ def clone(ui, source, dest=None, pull=Fa
 
         abspath = origsource
         copy = False
-        if src_repo.local() and islocal(dest):
+        if src_repo.cancopy() and islocal(dest):
             abspath = os.path.abspath(util.drop_scheme('file', origsource))
             copy = not pull and not rev