diff --git a/internal/runbits/requirements/requirements.go b/internal/runbits/requirements/requirements.go
index ad2ab06a22..03c8515564 100644
--- a/internal/runbits/requirements/requirements.go
+++ b/internal/runbits/requirements/requirements.go
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func (r *RequirementOperation) ExecuteRequirementOperation(requirementName, requ
 	switch nsType {
 	case model.NamespacePackage, model.NamespaceBundle:
 		commitID, err := localcommit.Get(r.Project.Dir())
-		if err != nil && !localcommit.IsFileDoesNotExistError(err) {
+		if err != nil {
 			return errs.Wrap(err, "Unable to get local commit")
 		}
 
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ func (r *RequirementOperation) ExecuteRequirementOperation(requirementName, requ
 	}
 
 	parentCommitID, err := localcommit.Get(r.Project.Dir())
-	if err != nil && !localcommit.IsFileDoesNotExistError(err) {
+	if err != nil {
 		return errs.Wrap(err, "Unable to get local commit")
 	}
 	hasParentCommit := parentCommitID != ""
diff --git a/internal/runners/pull/pull.go b/internal/runners/pull/pull.go
index 2234aee863..586f3569d9 100644
--- a/internal/runners/pull/pull.go
+++ b/internal/runners/pull/pull.go
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func (p *Pull) Run(params *PullParams) error {
 
 	var localCommit *strfmt.UUID
 	localCommitID, err := localcommit.Get(p.project.Dir())
-	if err != nil && !localcommit.IsFileDoesNotExistError(err) {
+	if err != nil {
 		return errs.Wrap(err, "Unable to get local commit")
 	}
 	if localCommitID != "" {
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func (p *Pull) Run(params *PullParams) error {
 	}
 
 	commitID, err := localcommit.Get(p.project.Dir())
-	if err != nil && !localcommit.IsFileDoesNotExistError(err) {
+	if err != nil {
 		return errs.Wrap(err, "Unable to get local commit")
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/runners/push/push.go b/internal/runners/push/push.go
index c21a9765ed..20367586ec 100644
--- a/internal/runners/push/push.go
+++ b/internal/runners/push/push.go
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ func (r *Push) verifyInput() error {
 	}
 
 	commitID, err := localcommit.Get(r.project.Dir())
-	if err != nil && !localcommit.IsFileDoesNotExistError(err) {
+	if err != nil {
 		return errs.Wrap(err, "Unable to get local commit")
 	}
 	if commitID == "" {
diff --git a/test/integration/package_int_test.go b/test/integration/package_int_test.go
index f15c01a3f7..87a2ab0cc5 100644
--- a/test/integration/package_int_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/package_int_test.go
@@ -470,6 +470,11 @@ func (suite *PackageIntegrationTestSuite) TestJSON() {
 	cp.ExpectExitCode(0)
 	AssertValidJSON(suite.T(), cp)
 
+	cp = ts.Spawn("checkout", "ActiveState-CLI/Perl-5.32", ".")
+	cp.Expect("Skipping runtime setup")
+	cp.Expect("Checked out project")
+	cp.ExpectExitCode(0)
+
 	cp = ts.SpawnWithOpts(
 		e2e.OptArgs("checkout", "ActiveState-CLI/Packages-Perl", "."),
 	)
diff --git a/test/integration/pull_int_test.go b/test/integration/pull_int_test.go
index 2861d128c7..d16923cbee 100644
--- a/test/integration/pull_int_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/pull_int_test.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func (suite *PullIntegrationTestSuite) TestPull() {
 	ts := e2e.New(suite.T(), false)
 	defer ts.Close()
 
-	ts.PrepareProject("ActiveState-CLI/Python3", "")
+	ts.PrepareProject("ActiveState-CLI/Python3", "59404293-e5a9-4fd0-8843-77cd4761b5b5")
 
 	cp := ts.Spawn("pull")
 	cp.Expect("Operating on project")
diff --git a/test/integration/push_int_test.go b/test/integration/push_int_test.go
index f683b8fb71..f12b75524f 100644
--- a/test/integration/push_int_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/push_int_test.go
@@ -264,24 +264,6 @@ func (suite *PushIntegrationTestSuite) TestPush_NoChanges() {
 	}
 }
 
-func (suite *PushIntegrationTestSuite) TestPush_NoCommit() {
-	suite.OnlyRunForTags(tagsuite.Push)
-
-	ts := e2e.New(suite.T(), false)
-	defer ts.Close()
-
-	ts.PrepareProject("ActiveState-CLI/cli", "")
-
-	ts.LoginAsPersistentUser()
-	cp := ts.SpawnWithOpts(e2e.OptArgs("push"))
-	cp.Expect("nothing to push")
-	cp.ExpectExitCode(1)
-
-	if strings.Count(cp.Snapshot(), " x ") != 1 {
-		suite.Fail("Expected exactly ONE error message, got: ", cp.Snapshot())
-	}
-}
-
 func (suite *PushIntegrationTestSuite) TestPush_NameInUse() {
 	suite.OnlyRunForTags(tagsuite.Push)