diff --git a/src/main/java/jenkins/plugins/git/DisableHooks.java b/src/main/java/jenkins/plugins/git/DisableHooks.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4edb8e51c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/jenkins/plugins/git/DisableHooks.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package jenkins.plugins.git;
+
+import hudson.Functions;
+import hudson.remoting.VirtualChannel;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.StoredConfig;
+import org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.RepositoryCallback;
+
+/**
+ * Disables git hooks. This can get remotely executed on agents.
+ */
+class DisableHooks implements RepositoryCallback<Object> {
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    static final String DISABLED_WIN = "NUL:";
+    static final String DISABLED_NIX = "/dev/null";
+
+    @Override
+    public Object invoke(Repository repo, VirtualChannel channel) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+        final String VAL = Functions.isWindows() ? DISABLED_WIN : DISABLED_NIX;
+        final StoredConfig repoConfig = repo.getConfig();
+        repoConfig.setString("core", null, "hooksPath", VAL);
+        repoConfig.save();
+        return null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/jenkins/plugins/git/GitHooksConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/jenkins/plugins/git/GitHooksConfiguration.java
index 1e8c8a849b..5b3f03d3cf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/jenkins/plugins/git/GitHooksConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/jenkins/plugins/git/GitHooksConfiguration.java
@@ -26,31 +26,23 @@
 
 import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.NonNull;
 import hudson.Extension;
-import hudson.Functions;
 import hudson.model.PersistentDescriptor;
 import hudson.plugins.git.GitException;
 import hudson.remoting.Channel;
 import jenkins.model.GlobalConfiguration;
 import jenkins.model.GlobalConfigurationCategory;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository;
-import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.StoredConfig;
 import org.jenkinsci.Symbol;
 import org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.GitClient;
 import org.kohsuke.accmod.Restricted;
 import org.kohsuke.accmod.restrictions.NoExternalUse;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
-
 
 
 @Extension @Symbol("gitHooks") @Restricted(NoExternalUse.class)
 public class GitHooksConfiguration extends GlobalConfiguration implements PersistentDescriptor {
 
-    public static final String DISABLED_WIN = "NUL:";
-    public static final String DISABLED_NIX = "/dev/null";
-    static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(GitHooksConfiguration.class.getName());
-
     private boolean allowedOnController = false;
     private boolean allowedOnAgents = false;
 
@@ -109,33 +101,10 @@ public static void configure(GitClient client, final boolean allowedOnController
 
     public static void configure(GitClient client, final boolean allowed) throws GitException, IOException, InterruptedException {
         if (!allowed) {
-            client.withRepository((repo, channel) -> {
-                disable(repo);
-                return null;
-            });
+            client.withRepository(new DisableHooks());
         } else {
-            client.withRepository((repo, channel) -> {
-                unset(repo);
-                return null;
-            });
+            client.withRepository(new UnsetHooks());
         }
     }
 
-    private static void unset(final Repository repo) throws IOException {
-        final StoredConfig repoConfig = repo.getConfig();
-        final String val = repoConfig.getString("core", null, "hooksPath");
-        if (val != null && !val.isEmpty() && !DISABLED_NIX.equals(val) && !DISABLED_WIN.equals(val)) {
-            LOGGER.warning(() -> String.format("core.hooksPath explicitly set to %s and will be left intact on %s.", val, repo.getDirectory()));
-        } else {
-            repoConfig.unset("core", null, "hooksPath");
-            repoConfig.save();
-        }
-    }
-
-    private static void disable(final Repository repo) throws IOException {
-        final String VAL = Functions.isWindows() ? DISABLED_WIN : DISABLED_NIX;
-        final StoredConfig repoConfig = repo.getConfig();
-        repoConfig.setString("core", null, "hooksPath", VAL);
-        repoConfig.save();
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/jenkins/plugins/git/UnsetHooks.java b/src/main/java/jenkins/plugins/git/UnsetHooks.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..453cb41a1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/jenkins/plugins/git/UnsetHooks.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package jenkins.plugins.git;
+
+import hudson.remoting.VirtualChannel;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.StoredConfig;
+import org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.RepositoryCallback;
+
+/**
+ * Unsets git hooks. This can get remotely executed on agents.
+ */
+class UnsetHooks implements RepositoryCallback<Object> {
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(UnsetHooks.class.getName());
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    @Override
+    public Object invoke(Repository repo, VirtualChannel channel) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+        final StoredConfig repoConfig = repo.getConfig();
+        final String val = repoConfig.getString("core", null, "hooksPath");
+        if (val != null && !val.isEmpty() && !DisableHooks.DISABLED_NIX.equals(val) && !DisableHooks.DISABLED_WIN.equals(val)) {
+            LOGGER.warning(() -> String.format("core.hooksPath explicitly set to %s and will be left intact on %s.", val, repo.getDirectory()));
+        } else {
+            repoConfig.unset("core", null, "hooksPath");
+            repoConfig.save();
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+}