diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/WebResourceServlet.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/WebResourceServlet.java
index 07e70d20cc..1d7ab902f6 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/WebResourceServlet.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/WebResourceServlet.java
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ public class WebResourceServlet extends HttpServlet {
   /**
    * exclude api requests and the old frontend servlets.
    *
-   * TODO remove old frontend servlets
+   * TODO remove old protocol servlets
    */
   @VisibleForTesting
-  static final String PATTERN = "/(?!api/).*";
+  static final String PATTERN = "/(?!api/|git/|hg/|svn/).*";
 
   private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(WebResourceServlet.class);