diff --git a/hgext3rd/pushrebase.py b/hgext3rd/pushrebase.py
--- a/hgext3rd/pushrebase.py
+++ b/hgext3rd/pushrebase.py
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@
 
     partorder.insert(0, partorder.pop(partorder.index(commonheadsparttype)))
 
+    if 'check-bookmarks' in partorder:
+        # check-bookmarks is intended for non-pushrebase scenarios when
+        # we can't push to a bookmark if it's changed in the meantime
+        partorder.pop(partorder.index('check-bookmarks'))
+
     wrapfunction(discovery, 'checkheads', _checkheads)
     # we want to disable the heads check because in pushrebase repos, we
     # expect the heads to change during the push and we should not abort.
@@ -137,6 +142,10 @@
 
     wrapfunction(hg, '_peerorrepo', _peerorrepo)
 
+    def noop(*args, **kwargs):
+        pass
+    wrapfunction(exchange, '_pushb2checkbookmarks', noop)
+
 def reposetup(ui, repo):
     if repo.ui.configbool('pushrebase', 'blocknonpushrebase'):
         repo.ui.setconfig('hooks', 'prechangegroup.blocknonpushrebase',