diff --git a/bugbug/repository.py b/bugbug/repository.py
index aaa62daf25..85508bfd7c 100644
--- a/bugbug/repository.py
+++ b/bugbug/repository.py
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 import lmdb
 import requests
 import rs_parsepatch
-import tenacity
 from tqdm import tqdm
 
 from bugbug import db, rust_code_analysis_server, utils
@@ -1520,36 +1519,29 @@ def clone(
 
 def pull(repo_dir: str, branch: str, revision: str) -> None:
     """Pull a revision from a branch of a remote repository into a local repository."""
-
-    @tenacity.retry(
-        stop=tenacity.stop_after_attempt(2),
-        reraise=True,
-        after=tenacity.after_log(logger, logging.DEBUG),
-        retry=tenacity.retry_if_exception_type(subprocess.TimeoutExpired),
+    cmd = _build_hg_cmd(
+        "robustcheckout",
+        f"https://hg.mozilla.org/{branch}/".encode("ascii"),
+        repo_dir,
+        purge=False,
+        sharebase=f"{repo_dir}-shared",
+        revision=revision.encode("ascii"),
+        noupdate=True,
     )
-    def trigger_pull() -> None:
-        cmd = _build_hg_cmd(
-            "pull",
-            f"https://hg.mozilla.org/{branch}/".encode("ascii"),
-            r=revision.encode("ascii"),
-            debug=True,
-        )
-
-        p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, cwd=repo_dir)
 
-        try:
-            p.wait(timeout=180)
-        except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
-            p.terminate()
-            p.wait()
-            raise
+    p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, cwd=repo_dir)
 
-        if p.returncode != 0:
-            raise RuntimeError(
-                f"Error {p.returncode} when pulling {revision} from {branch}"
-            )
+    try:
+        p.wait(timeout=180)
+    except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
+        p.terminate()
+        p.wait()
+        raise
 
-    trigger_pull()
+    if p.returncode != 0:
+        raise RuntimeError(
+            f"Error {p.returncode} when pulling {revision} from {branch}"
+        )
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/http_service/tests/conftest.py b/http_service/tests/conftest.py
index 86889eac83..c89bdce301 100644
--- a/http_service/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/http_service/tests/conftest.py
@@ -247,7 +247,8 @@ def mock_repo(
     orig_hgutil_cmdbuilder = hglib.util.cmdbuilder
 
     def hglib_cmdbuilder(name, *args, **kwargs):
-        if name == "pull":
+        if name == "robustcheckout":
+            name = "pull"
             args = list(args)
             args[0] = str(remote_dir).encode("ascii")