diff --git a/recipe_modules/bot_update/resources/bot_update.py b/recipe_modules/bot_update/resources/bot_update.py
index bae22ae84f..d34a9f44ec 100755
--- a/recipe_modules/bot_update/resources/bot_update.py
+++ b/recipe_modules/bot_update/resources/bot_update.py
@@ -470,10 +470,10 @@ def force_revision(folder_name, revision):
     branch, revision = split_revision
 
   if revision and revision.upper() != 'HEAD':
-    git('checkout', '--force', revision, cwd=folder_name)
+    git('checkout', '--force', revision, cwd=folder_name, tries=1)
   else:
     ref = branch if branch.startswith('refs/') else 'origin/%s' % branch
-    git('checkout', '--force', ref, cwd=folder_name)
+    git('checkout', '--force', ref, cwd=folder_name, tries=1)
 
 
 def is_broken_repo_dir(repo_dir):
@@ -544,14 +544,15 @@ def git_checkout(solutions, revisions, shallow, refs, git_cache_dir):
           print 'Git repo %s appears to be broken, removing it' % sln_dir
           remove(sln_dir)
 
+        # Use "tries=1", since we retry manually in this loop.
         if not path.isdir(sln_dir):
-          git(*clone_cmd)
+          git(*clone_cmd, tries=1)
         else:
-          git('remote', 'set-url', 'origin', mirror_dir, cwd=sln_dir)
-          git('fetch', 'origin', cwd=sln_dir)
+          git('remote', 'set-url', 'origin', mirror_dir, cwd=sln_dir, tries=1)
+          git('fetch', 'origin', cwd=sln_dir, tries=1)
         for ref in refs:
           refspec = '%s:%s' % (ref, ref.lstrip('+'))
-          git('fetch', 'origin', refspec, cwd=sln_dir)
+          git('fetch', 'origin', refspec, cwd=sln_dir, tries=1)
 
         # Windows sometimes has trouble deleting files.
         # This can make git commands that rely on locks fail.