diff -r c1cb6523e968 -r 13a19717ade6 mercurial/exchange.py
--- a/mercurial/exchange.py	Fri Mar 27 22:12:53 2015 +0900
+++ b/mercurial/exchange.py	Tue Apr 07 12:35:07 2015 -0700
@@ -984,8 +984,6 @@
             kwargs['obsmarkers'] = True
             pullop.stepsdone.add('obsmarkers')
     _pullbundle2extraprepare(pullop, kwargs)
-    if kwargs.keys() == ['format']:
-        return # nothing to pull
     bundle = pullop.remote.getbundle('pull', **kwargs)
     try:
         op = bundle2.processbundle(pullop.repo, bundle, pullop.gettransaction)