diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/branch/GitBranchOperationsProcessor.java b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/branch/GitBranchOperationsProcessor.java
index c8eaed476653..f2ae9c996918 100644
--- a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/branch/GitBranchOperationsProcessor.java
+++ b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/branch/GitBranchOperationsProcessor.java
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ import git4idea.commands.GitCommandResult;
 import git4idea.commands.GitCompoundResult;
 import git4idea.history.GitHistoryUtils;
 import git4idea.history.browser.GitCommit;
+import git4idea.jgit.GitHttpAdapter;
+import git4idea.push.GitSimplePushResult;
+import git4idea.repo.GitRemote;
 import git4idea.repo.GitRepository;
 import git4idea.ui.branch.GitBranchUiUtil;
 import git4idea.ui.branch.GitCompareBranchesDialog;
@@ -223,7 +226,9 @@ public final class GitBranchOperationsProcessor {
     GitCompoundResult result = new GitCompoundResult(myProject);
     for (GitRepository repository : myRepositories) {
       Pair<String, String> pair = GitBranch.splitNameOfRemoteBranch(branchName);
-      GitCommandResult res = Git.push(repository, pair.getFirst(), ":" + pair.getSecond());
+      String remote = pair.getFirst();
+      String branch = pair.getSecond();
+      GitCommandResult res = pushDeletion(repository, remote, branch);
       result.append(repository, res);
       repository.update(GitRepository.TrackedTopic.BRANCHES);
     }
@@ -234,6 +239,46 @@ public final class GitBranchOperationsProcessor {
     return result.totalSuccess();
   }
 
+  @NotNull
+  private static GitCommandResult pushDeletion(GitRepository repository, String remoteName, String branchName) {
+    GitRemote remote = getRemoteByName(repository, remoteName);
+    if (remote == null) {
+      return pushDeletionNatively(repository, remoteName, branchName);
+    }
+
+    String remoteUrl = remote.getFirstUrl();
+    if (remoteUrl != null && GitHttpAdapter.shouldUseJGit(remoteUrl)) {
+      String fullBranchName = branchName.startsWith(GitBranch.REFS_HEADS_PREFIX) ? branchName : GitBranch.REFS_HEADS_PREFIX + branchName;
+      String spec = ":" + fullBranchName;
+      GitSimplePushResult simplePushResult = GitHttpAdapter.push(repository, remote, remoteUrl, spec);
+      return convertSimplePushResultToCommandResult(simplePushResult);
+    }
+    else {
+      return pushDeletionNatively(repository, remoteName, branchName);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private static GitCommandResult pushDeletionNatively(GitRepository repository, String remoteName, String branchName) {
+    return Git.push(repository, remoteName, ":" + branchName);
+  }
+
+  @NotNull
+  private static GitCommandResult convertSimplePushResultToCommandResult(GitSimplePushResult result) {
+    boolean success = result.getType() == GitSimplePushResult.Type.SUCCESS;
+    return new GitCommandResult(success, -1, success ? Collections.<String>emptyList() : Collections.singletonList(result.getOutput()),
+                                success ? Collections.singletonList(result.getOutput()) : Collections.<String>emptyList());
+  }
+
+  @Nullable
+  private static GitRemote getRemoteByName(@NotNull GitRepository repository, @NotNull String remoteName) {
+    for (GitRemote remote : repository.getRemotes()) {
+      if (remote.getName().equals(remoteName)) {
+        return remote;
+      }
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
   private void notifySuccessfulDeletion(@NotNull String remoteBranchName, @NotNull Collection<String> localBranches) {
     String message = "";
     if (!localBranches.isEmpty()) {
diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/commands/GitCommandResult.java b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/commands/GitCommandResult.java
index 96fe284bbb13..147b4ce6cfe9 100644
--- a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/commands/GitCommandResult.java
+++ b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/commands/GitCommandResult.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public class GitCommandResult {
   private final List<String> myErrorOutput;
   private final List<String> myOutput;
 
-  public GitCommandResult(boolean success, int exitCode, @NotNull List<String> errorOutput, List<String> output) {
+  public GitCommandResult(boolean success, int exitCode, @NotNull List<String> errorOutput, @NotNull List<String> output) {
     myExitCode = exitCode;
     mySuccess = success;
     myErrorOutput = errorOutput;