diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/actions/GitPull.java b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/actions/GitPull.java
index b460f03c24aa..f9147d8ce246 100644
--- a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/actions/GitPull.java
+++ b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/actions/GitPull.java
@@ -31,17 +31,14 @@ import git4idea.commands.GitStandardProgressAnalyzer;
 import git4idea.commands.GitTask;
 import git4idea.commands.GitTaskResultHandlerAdapter;
 import git4idea.i18n.GitBundle;
-import git4idea.jgit.GitHttpAdapter;
 import git4idea.merge.GitMergeUtil;
 import git4idea.merge.GitPullDialog;
 import git4idea.repo.GitRemote;
 import git4idea.repo.GitRepository;
 import git4idea.repo.GitRepositoryManager;
-import git4idea.update.GitFetcher;
 import git4idea.util.GitUIUtil;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
-import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
@@ -86,18 +83,8 @@ public class GitPull extends GitRepositoryAction {
           return;
         }
 
-        if (GitHttpAdapter.shouldUseJGit(url)) {
-          boolean fetchSuccessful = new GitFetcher(project, indicator, true).fetchRootsAndNotify(Collections.singleton(repository),
-                                                                                                 "Pull failed", false);
-          if (!fetchSuccessful) {
-            return; 
-          }
-          handlerReference.set(dialog.pullOrMergeHandler(null));
-        } else {
-          handlerReference.set(dialog.pullOrMergeHandler(url));
-        }
-        
-        
+        handlerReference.set(dialog.makeHandler(url));
+
         final VirtualFile root = dialog.gitRoot();
         affectedRoots.add(root);
         String revision = repository.getCurrentRevision();
diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/merge/GitPullDialog.java b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/merge/GitPullDialog.java
index cd1bfa1aded1..446c3bb6d0e5 100644
--- a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/merge/GitPullDialog.java
+++ b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/merge/GitPullDialog.java
@@ -153,15 +153,12 @@ public class GitPullDialog extends DialogWrapper {
   /**
    * @return a pull handler configured according to dialog options
    */
-  public GitLineHandler pullOrMergeHandler(@Nullable String url) {
-    boolean pull = url != null;
-    GitLineHandler h = new GitLineHandler(myProject, gitRoot(), pull ? GitCommand.PULL : GitCommand.MERGE);
+  public GitLineHandler makeHandler(@NotNull String url) {
+    GitLineHandler h = new GitLineHandler(myProject, gitRoot(), GitCommand.PULL);
     // ignore merge failure for the pull
     h.ignoreErrorCode(1);
-    if (pull) {
-      h.setRemoteProtocol(url);
-      h.addProgressParameter();
-    }
+    h.setRemoteProtocol(url);
+    h.addProgressParameter();
     h.addParameters("--no-stat");
     if (myNoCommitCheckBox.isSelected()) {
       h.addParameters("--no-commit");
@@ -182,24 +179,15 @@ public class GitPullDialog extends DialogWrapper {
       h.addParameters("--strategy", strategy);
     }
     h.addParameters("-v");
-    if (pull) {
-      h.addProgressParameter();
-    }
+    h.addProgressParameter();
 
     final List<String> markedBranches = myBranchChooser.getMarkedElements();
     String remote = getRemote();
     LOG.assertTrue(remote != null, "Selected remote can't be null here.");
-    if (pull) {
-      // git pull origin master (remote branch name in the format local to that remote)
-      h.addParameters(remote);
-      for (String branch : markedBranches) {
-        h.addParameters(removeRemotePrefix(branch, remote));
-      }
-    } else {
-      // git merge origin/master (remote branch name in format of this repository)
-      for (String branch : markedBranches) {
-        h.addParameters(branch);
-      }
+    // git pull origin master (remote branch name in the format local to that remote)
+    h.addParameters(remote);
+    for (String branch : markedBranches) {
+      h.addParameters(removeRemotePrefix(branch, remote));
     }
     return h;
   }