diff --git a/lib/platform/git/storage.ts b/lib/platform/git/storage.ts
index f18d14bc07e6051774bd1c34bbb5902c97fbcc09..2d79546378ee9bff3baaef9e073d4b0afb0fda9c 100644
--- a/lib/platform/git/storage.ts
+++ b/lib/platform/git/storage.ts
@@ -381,8 +381,7 @@ export class Storage {
       logger.debug({ branchName }, 'Deleted remote branch');
     } catch (err) /* istanbul ignore next */ {
       checkForPlatformFailure(err);
-      logger.info({ branchName, err }, 'Error deleting remote branch');
-      throw new Error('repository-changed');
+      logger.debug({ branchName }, 'No remote branch to delete');
     }
     try {
       await this._deleteLocalBranch(branchName);