diff --git a/add_mirror.sh b/add_mirror.sh
index 6eef0e8809cb97e4a3184e3326de6c75625c00be..540a94f3d94e69ea0517e8bd769cdd8123438f79 100755
--- a/add_mirror.sh
+++ b/add_mirror.sh
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ elif ${bzr};then
   #create a mirror
   green_echo "Creating mirror from ${mirror}" 1>&2
   cd "${repo_dir}/${gitlab_namespace}"
-  git clone bzr::"${mirror}" "${project_name}"
+  git clone --mirror bzr::"${mirror}" "${project_name}"
   # cleaning repo
   cd "${project_name}"
   git gc --aggressive
diff --git a/update_mirror.sh b/update_mirror.sh
index 304d5cfee0a98728419558679ef3bc485c38b09e..0dae45cb6d5b5fcc765415ff8eea1fc82f73705e 100755
--- a/update_mirror.sh
+++ b/update_mirror.sh
@@ -55,10 +55,6 @@ if git config --get svn-remote.svn.url &> /dev/null;then
   fi
   set -e
   git config --bool core.bare false
-elseif -d ".git/bzr"
-  #this is an BZR mirror so update it accordingly
-  git pull --ff-only
-  git push gitlab
 else
   #just a git mirror so mirror it accordingly
   git fetch