diff --git a/share/functions/__fish_hg_prompt.fish b/share/functions/__fish_hg_prompt.fish
index efb7c7aaf..fa25cb353 100644
--- a/share/functions/__fish_hg_prompt.fish
+++ b/share/functions/__fish_hg_prompt.fish
@@ -27,12 +27,8 @@ function __fish_hg_prompt --description 'Write out the hg prompt'
 		return 1
 	end
 
-	# If we're not in an hg repository, bail
-	if not hg root >/dev/null ^/dev/null
-		return 0
-	end
-
     set -l branch (hg branch ^/dev/null)
+	# If there's no branch, there's no repository
     if test -z $branch
         return
     end