diff --git a/plugins/apps/subcommands/clone b/plugins/apps/subcommands/clone
index 7ba17a6a9..e4fde7cc7 100755
--- a/plugins/apps/subcommands/clone
+++ b/plugins/apps/subcommands/clone
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ cmd-apps-clone() {
   fi
   rm -rf "$NEW_CACHE_DIR"
 
-  [[ -f "$DOKKU_ROOT/$NEW_APP/hooks/pre-receive" ]] && sed -i -e "s/git-hook $OLD_APP/git-hook $NEW_APP/g" "$DOKKU_ROOT/$NEW_APP/hooks/pre-receive"
   [[ "$SKIP_REBUILD" == "true" ]] || ps_rebuild "$NEW_APP"
   plugn trigger post-app-clone "$OLD_APP" "$NEW_APP"
   dokku_log_info1_quiet "Cloning $OLD_APP to $NEW_APP... done"
diff --git a/plugins/git/post-app-clone-setup b/plugins/git/post-app-clone-setup
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..68fda4efb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/git/post-app-clone-setup
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -eo pipefail
+[[ $DOKKU_TRACE ]] && set -x
+
+trigger-git-post-app-clone-setup() {
+  declare desc="modifies git-hook"
+  declare trigger="post-app-clone-setup"
+  declare OLD_APP="$1" NEW_APP="$2"
+
+  [[ -f "$DOKKU_ROOT/$NEW_APP/hooks/pre-receive" ]] && sed -i -e "s/git-hook $OLD_APP/git-hook $NEW_APP/g" "$DOKKU_ROOT/$NEW_APP/hooks/pre-receive"
+}
+
+trigger-git-post-app-clone-setup "$@"