diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9cc47b89..a22ca525 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pkg/browser v0.0.0-20180916011732-0a3d74bf9ce4 // indirect
-	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.3
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20181220203305-927f97764cc3 // indirect
diff --git a/score/disruptionbudget/disruptionbudget.go b/score/disruptionbudget/disruptionbudget.go
index 4b29c20c..b0101274 100644
--- a/score/disruptionbudget/disruptionbudget.go
+++ b/score/disruptionbudget/disruptionbudget.go
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ func hasMatching(budgets []policyv1beta1.PodDisruptionBudget, namespace string,
 
 func statefulSetHas(budgets []policyv1beta1.PodDisruptionBudget) func(appsv1.StatefulSet) scorecard.TestScore {
 	return func(statefulset appsv1.StatefulSet) (score scorecard.TestScore) {
+		if statefulset.Spec.Replicas != nil && *statefulset.Spec.Replicas < 2 {
+			score.Grade = scorecard.GradeAllOK
+			score.AddComment("", "Skipped", "Skipped because the statefulset has less than 2 replicas")
+			return
+		}
+
 		if hasMatching(budgets, statefulset.Namespace, statefulset.Spec.Template.Labels) {
 			score.Grade = scorecard.GradeAllOK
 		} else {
@@ -50,6 +56,12 @@ func statefulSetHas(budgets []policyv1beta1.PodDisruptionBudget) func(appsv1.Sta
 
 func deploymentHas(budgets []policyv1beta1.PodDisruptionBudget) func(appsv1.Deployment) scorecard.TestScore {
 	return func(deployment appsv1.Deployment) (score scorecard.TestScore) {
+		if deployment.Spec.Replicas != nil && *deployment.Spec.Replicas < 2 {
+			score.Grade = scorecard.GradeAllOK
+			score.AddComment("", "Skipped", "Skipped because the deployment has less than 2 replicas")
+			return
+		}
+
 		if hasMatching(budgets, deployment.Namespace, deployment.Spec.Template.Labels) {
 			score.Grade = scorecard.GradeAllOK
 		} else {
diff --git a/score/disruptionbudget/disruptionbudget_test.go b/score/disruptionbudget/disruptionbudget_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7fe7bb09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/score/disruptionbudget/disruptionbudget_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package disruptionbudget
+
+import (
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/zegl/kube-score/scorecard"
+	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestStatefulSetReplicas(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := map[*int32]scorecard.Grade{
+		nil:        scorecard.GradeCritical, // failed
+		intptr(1):  scorecard.GradeAllOK,    // skipped
+		intptr(10): scorecard.GradeCritical, // failed
+	}
+
+	fn := statefulSetHas(nil)
+
+	for replicas, expected := range cases {
+		res := fn(appsv1.StatefulSet{Spec: appsv1.StatefulSetSpec{Replicas: replicas}})
+
+		if replicas == nil {
+			assert.Equal(t, expected, res.Grade, "replicas=nil")
+		} else {
+			assert.Equal(t, expected, res.Grade, "replicas=%+v", *replicas)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDeploymentReplicas(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := map[*int32]scorecard.Grade{
+		nil:        scorecard.GradeCritical, // failed
+		intptr(1):  scorecard.GradeAllOK,    // skipped
+		intptr(10): scorecard.GradeCritical, // failed
+	}
+
+	fn := deploymentHas(nil)
+
+	for replicas, expected := range cases {
+		res := fn(appsv1.Deployment{Spec: appsv1.DeploymentSpec{Replicas: replicas}})
+
+		if replicas == nil {
+			assert.Equal(t, expected, res.Grade, "replicas=nil")
+		} else {
+			assert.Equal(t, expected, res.Grade, "replicas=%+v", *replicas)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func intptr(a int32) *int32 {
+	return &a
+}