diff --git a/lib/modules/deployment/contract_deployer.js b/lib/modules/deployment/contract_deployer.js
index 9966f9df2..ae97e0024 100644
--- a/lib/modules/deployment/contract_deployer.js
+++ b/lib/modules/deployment/contract_deployer.js
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ class ContractDeployer {
         });
       },
       function deployIt(next) {
+        let skipBytecodeCheck = false;
         if (contract.address !== undefined) {
           try {
             utils.toChecksumAddress(contract.address);
@@ -155,9 +156,7 @@ class ContractDeployer {
             return next(e.message);
           }
           contract.deployedAddress = contract.address;
-          self.logFunction(contract)(contract.className.bold.cyan + __(" already deployed at ").green + contract.address.bold.cyan);
-          self.events.emit("deploy:contract:deployed", contract);
-          return next();
+          skipBytecodeCheck = true;
         }
 
         self.plugins.emitAndRunActionsForEvent('deploy:contract:shouldDeploy', {contract: contract, shouldDeploy: true}, function(_err, params) {
@@ -175,7 +174,7 @@ class ContractDeployer {
           }
 
           self.blockchain.getCode(trackedContract.address, function(_getCodeErr, codeInChain) {
-            if (codeInChain !== "0x") {
+            if (codeInChain.length > 3 || skipBytecodeCheck) { // it is "0x" or "0x0" for empty code, depending on web3 version
               self.contractAlreadyDeployed(contract, trackedContract, next);
             } else {
               self.deployContract(contract, next);